Example sentences of "he was [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wanted on corruption charges , he was to remain in Brazilian custody until extradition proceedings were completed . |
| 2 | He had ‘ found himself ’ young and firmly held on to that ; as he was to do with remarkable consistency . |
| 3 | If he was to die in perfect innocence , could the effects of the fall be reversed and the time of their dominion be over ? |
| 4 | But that was the first case of that absolute determination which he was to use to great effect in the later films I did with him . ’ |
| 5 | It was a gap he was to fill with consummate skill . |
| 6 | It was wittily said by a bright genius , who observed another to labour in the composition of a discourse he was to deliver in public , that such a painstaker was fitter to make a pulpit than to preach in it . |
| 7 | There were also the calls from home with which , throughout this period and always , he was to keep in close contact . |