Example sentences of "[pers pn] were to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 3 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 4 | He also warned us that , once we were back in London , we were to be careful where we went , to whom we talked and what we ate and drank . |
| 5 | Very soon we were to be concerned with matters less peaceful than the conduct of our kitchens . |
| 6 | They were to be wandering years , but they were to end in triumph . |
| 7 | ‘ He was a student at the university : they were to be married until she decided a career on the stage suited her better than becoming the wife of a Hapsburg cavalry officer . |
| 8 | Already one of the four leading underwriters in 1744 , they were to be one of the two houses that arranged the ‘ closed subscription ’ loans to the government in the difficult winters of 1745–6 and 1757 — loans subsequently attacked by Sir John Barnard [ q.v. ] as too favourable to the promoters . |
| 9 | Again they were to be disappointed . |
| 10 | However , if Athletico had hopes of a brief stay away from the Premier they were to be disappointed . |
| 11 | But they were to be disappointed . |
| 12 | Wardle , Appleyard , Close , Lowson , Trueman and Illingworth entered cricket in Yardley 's reign and all had great respect for his tactical ingenuity and his benevolent , Gower-style leadership although they were to be critical later . |
| 13 | He had warned many Champenois that they were to be ready to follow when so commanded and , he wrote , ‘ they willingly agreed ’ . |
| 14 | If the king-duke did not order a specific meal , they were to be ready with pork , beef , cabbages ( caulibus ) , mustard , and hens ; and if one of the co-seigneurs was knighted , he was to wait upon the king-duke wearing ‘ red hose of scarlet and gilded spurs or shoes ’ while he ate . |
| 15 | They were to be punishable under the Forest laws , however , if their dogs coursed in the royal forest . |
| 16 | They were to be worthy members of the Arsenal family off the field as well as on . |
| 17 | There was no consensus amongst the Serbs as to the form of government they wanted if they were to be able to force recognition of Serbian autonomy from the sultan . |
| 18 | ‘ We would have more respect , certainly for the politicians , if they were to be positive , imaginative and constructive instead of carping and negative in their approach . ’ |
| 19 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 20 | About 300 political prisoners had been deported from Lisbon to Madeira in the autumn and winter of 1930 , and they were to be important in the trouble which followed . |
| 21 | The GREY program has automatic intensity adjustment and if it were to be useful would need to be modified to provide a user override , at least during development of the measuring technique . |
| 22 | Must not theology , if it were to be possible at all , be established from the other side , by God himself — by the God who makes himself known to us in Jesus Christ rather than the God whom we choose to recognise in him , a God who comes from beyond ourselves to judge , redeem and save ? |
| 23 | If it were to be successful the mental health movement would have to move away from any strong association with welfare . |
| 24 | In a sense I suppose , er what DeKlerk 's government has demonstrated is that they are trying as it were to be impartial and not allow political considerations to influence their judgement about whether Mrs Mandela should go on trial . |