Example sentences of "[indef pn] [adj] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right-wing social democrats drew the conclusion that material advances could be won indefinitely and therefore nothing extra was to be gained by open class struggle . |
| 2 | Nothing human was to be seen there — no man to whom I might call . |
| 3 | He was found seated staring at the wall , as if something unmentionable was to be found there that they could not see . |
| 4 | Jed 's idea of doing something special was to be allowed to help her out on the estate , almost as if he was afraid that he 'd find himself abandoned if he did n't make himself useful . |
| 5 | If anything permanent were to be achieved , it should have been done under Rufus . |