Example sentences of "but [ex0] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll bide a wee while in your hospital , but there 's to be no cosseting , you 'll understand ! ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But there was to be no resting , particularly with Jeffrey Archer keeping an eye on the time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But there was to be no rest . |
| 6 | They were to tutor the child who refused to attend school , but there was to be more to it than that . |
| 7 | But there was to be no reversal of the British attitude . |
| 8 | But there was to be a change . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But there was to be no repeat of the growing anti-war movement of 1916 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But there was to be Norman Lamont and a tr and treasury ministers , three or four of them . |
| 14 | Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |