Example sentences of "that this [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power . |
| 2 | When asking for his correspondence with the Treasury to be published , Hall could hardly have suspected that this was to be one of his last official acts . |
| 3 | Messages were transmitted that this was to be work experience for teachers . |
| 4 | Their agreement was that this was to be a pre-supper drink with Colin and Yvonne , the limit both of time and alcohol consumption clearly understood between her and Norman before they left home . |
| 5 | Long experience had told me that this was to be expected . |
| 6 | I remember thinking that this was to be alive . |
| 7 | I could hardly believe that this was to be the end of the public life of a man so comparatively young , and with so much still to give … |