Example sentences of "i [was/were] [adv] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . |
| 2 | Sebastian and I were later to be condemned from altars about divorce . ’ |
| 3 | I thought I was just to be shut in the cellar , as usual , the light turned off , as usual , the better to think out my wickedness , the better to pray for forgiveness . |
| 4 | Anyway , why compromise myself when my surgeon himself had assured me that he had ‘ cut out all he could see ’ , and the diet I was already on was all I really needed to stay well ? |
| 5 | One of the results of this was that I was often to be found across the road at the Edwards ' place . |
| 6 | In this I was happily to be proved wrong , but who could have known that at the time ? |
| 7 | Through the BBC giving opportunities to women I was there to be chosen . ’ |
| 8 | But I told myself that if I was ever to be truly frightened , I should have known it before then . |
| 9 | Well , for one thing , he did n't know about it and I had made a conscious decision that if I was ever to be ( he nearly says ’ become someone ’ ) . |