Example sentences of "but [ex0] [was/were] to be " in BNC.

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1 What prompted blunter speaking we do not know , but there was to be no lack of plainness in the English memorandum drawn up on the 31st .
2 But there was to be no resting , particularly with Jeffrey Archer keeping an eye on the time .
3 But there was to be no happy ending , as first Barwick and then Treleaven beat his mark by a stroke , the latter even bogeying his last hole , the 18th , after his drive found the trees .
4 But there was to be no rest .
5 They were to tutor the child who refused to attend school , but there was to be more to it than that .
6 But there was to be no reversal of the British attitude .
7 But there was to be a change .
8 John hoped that Mr Gubb would now spare the boy : but there was to be no remission ; the penalty had to be paid , the example given .
9 But there was to be no repeat of the growing anti-war movement of 1916 .
10 But there was to be no repeat performance as the 2-5 favourite failed to sparkle in the two and a quarter mile Haldon Gold Cup .
11 Salaries were to be increased by 9% , full London Weighting of £1776 to be given to all London staff , but there was to be no reduction in differentials .
12 But there was to be Norman Lamont and a tr and treasury ministers , three or four of them .
13 Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition .
14 Events after 1969 shows that Nixon intended to continue the use of America 's great influence and power ; but there were to be no more Vietnams .
15 Smith and Cusack then had shots blocked in another goalmouth scramble , but there were to be no more real goal attempts by Darlington after that .
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