Example sentences of "we [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Micky , ’ said Peter Hickton , ‘ would it help if we were to go through the lines again this evening , just the two of us ? ’ |
| 2 | We were to go into the mountains and spend one night in tents before making our rendezvous the next day . |
| 3 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 4 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 5 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 6 | And it would have to be found er if we were to move to the er position that Mr Curtis has said about the total need , it would have to be found somewhere else . |
| 7 | If we were to refer to the light , we would not associate it with an individual object . |
| 8 | The finances were in the hands of one of our most scrupulous colleagues , but not even her careful accounting could alter the fact that if we were to survive beyond the first month we would need to raise some money . |
| 9 | No , we were to look at the houses round the small port , and at their inhabitants . |
| 10 | ‘ If we were to look at the constitutional situation we may have to look at the position of the Princess Royal . |
| 11 | If we were to look at the balance sheets of these other banks , we should find that their customers ' deposits had increased and that this increase was matched on the asset side by an increase in their operational balances at the Bank of England . |
| 12 | If we were to backtrack in the area of supporting composers , commissioning new work and putting it on as public a stage as possible , that would be close to admitting : ‘ Look , a classical commercial station can do the job just as well . |
| 13 | The airport brings major economic benefits to the North West as we were to discover with the help of our guide John Kirby . |
| 14 | It might be best if you and not one of us were to deal with the boy . |