Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [adv] to " in BNC.
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1 | With only small amounts of money changing hands , a limited number of dedicated venues , and , if it were to restrict itself solely to black audiences , a finite number of punters , the black comedy scene is clearly still in its infancy . |
2 | Our journeys , we found , were to take us simultaneously to some of the least-charted regions of the planet and to the least-charted regions of our own minds . |
3 | I was to get his job — and now I was to drive him home to Bristol . |
4 | ‘ And I thought all would be well , if only I was to leave you both to yourselves ! ’ uttered Taggy crossly . |
5 | The first was to put it across to laymen , interested in science but inexpert in it . |
6 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |