Example sentences of "he were to be " in BNC.

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1 On the evidence of the Aristotle File he seemed — potentially , at least — a curse , yet if the reports on him were to be believed , he might yet prove the greatest asset the Seven possessed .
2 It would be the most terrible calamity if he were to be killed not knowing !
3 Pastiche or not , ‘ Disco Dancer ’ lived in the kind of predictability that Morrissey , if he were to be truly distanced from The Smiths , would denounce fervently .
4 She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills .
5 What if he were to be punished for his vengeance by a plunge into the nerve-glove ?
6 If he were to be an ‘ S. ’ also , a Stephen or a Sam , then how was she to know which of them had given her orders ?
7 ‘ If , for example , he were to be engaged in the reconnaissance of the Unknown Lands , ’ Alexei supplied .
8 I think I said how it would please me if one day he were to be elected to the Cullbridge Athenaeum .
9 ‘ He is remarkably well handicapped on 10st four , and if he were to be handicapped again he would go up another stone .
10 ‘ It would be unfortunate , ’ said Paul , ‘ if he were to be derailed at this point . ’
11 In these lines , Brutus is saying that the only way to stop Caesar becoming emperor is to kill him , and although he has no personal grievances against Caesar ( Caesar is kind to him and favours him ) , it would be bad for the people of Rome ( ‘ the general ’ ) if he were to be crowned .
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