Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember thinking that this was to be alive . |
| 2 | It was to start on the night of 17 November , and L Detachment 's role in this was to be small but potentially crucial . |
| 3 | And this was to be poor Mary 's destiny . |
| 4 | This was to be characteristic of the Béarnais nobility throughout the Hundred Years War . |
| 5 | This was to be Active Training . |
| 6 | In the event , neither was to be forthcoming . |