Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The components used were to be 1 litre of Siporax , plastic media ( Flocor ) and open cell foam . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm hoping to see something of Czechoslovakia while I 'm here , ’ she replied , but as it suddenly struck her that the silence emanating from Ven Gajdusek was decidedly chilly — and since the last thing she needed was to be bad friends with him if he objected to Lubor Ondrus flirting with her on his time , ‘ But now I must return to my hotel , ’ she added . |
| 3 | The need , he felt was to be realistic ; idealism was all very well , but what is necessary is a practical programme based upon mutual self-interest . |
| 4 | All he wanted was to be free . |
| 5 | All she wanted was to be alone . |
| 6 | All he really wanted was to be next to O ; and you could see that the whole time he was listening , watching . |