Example sentences of "he [was/were] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realised that if he was to be successful he would have to take them at speed . |
| 2 | He knew that if he was to be sure of winning he had to hole it . |
| 3 | This funny fat fool , this symbol of old-style decency was drowned at sea the other day just after declaring how happy he was to be alive . |
| 4 | General Hodge thus had the first of the many tempestuous scenes in which he was to be involved with Rhee over the next two years . |
| 5 | In this he was to be disappointed . |
| 6 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |