Example sentences of "she [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 2 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 3 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 4 | For the following two weeks she was to be part of an ENSA company touring remote army camps in Wales . |
| 5 | She was to be boarded permanently so we would need the owners ' permission to take her away . |
| 6 | If she was to be left at home she showed no interest . |
| 7 | She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows . |
| 8 | Out of the kindness of their enormous hearts , the giants had lifted her out of her icy misery and carefully put her down in the warmer waters where she was to be found today . |
| 9 | Five years later she was to be found lecturing on her expedition to the Gabon , she had climbed Mount Cameroon , and her Travels in West Africa was published to consolidate her reputation as a ‘ fish and fetish ’ expert . |
| 10 | She was to be employed as a cop winder , whatever that meant . |
| 11 | One of these documents had informed her that she was to be attached to a Mr Victor Wilcox , Managing Director of J. Pringle & Sons , for one day a week during the remainder of the winter term , and she had chosen Wednesdays for this undertaking since it was the day she normally kept free from teaching . |
| 12 | ‘ Seumas Ban said she was to be fed . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ She was to be fed in the kitchen ! ’ the old wife protested . |
| 14 | For a while , she was to be disappointed . |
| 15 | She was to be proved right , as we had been taught a Spartan routine for our babies at ‘ Alderbourne Arches ’ the pre-natal training unit . |
| 16 | Jennifer realised that she would have to run for her train if she was to be home in time ; Steven had booked a table at their favourite restaurant and was due to pick her up at 7.30 . |
| 17 | She was to be sure to concentrate first on the relaxation part of the exercise , and was to stop immediately if she felt herself becoming at all upset . |
| 18 | Maria replied that she was to be allowed to come for two days in the week following her letter . |
| 19 | He boldly wrote to the King in defence of Anne Boleyn , who had been a friend to the Reformers , when she was to be executed on trumped-up charges . |
| 20 | She was to be a Spirit Warrior . |
| 21 | The girl was to be guarded until she delivered , at which time she was to be stoned to death . |
| 22 | Emily was being handed down to stand before the light-filled doorway of the Assembly Rooms and she took a deep breath of anticipation , this was her night , the night she was to be accepted as an adult and she would make the most of it . |
| 23 | Well , she was generally fed-up , knowing she had to keep resting her ankle if she was to be up and about as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Such a practice was frowned on by the church , and instructions were given to the warden of the building that if any young woman allowed a man to stay overnight then she was to be reported to the Mother Superior . |
| 25 | She was younger than me and now I see how anxious she was to be what I wanted her to be . |
| 26 | Every spring she was to be found visiting Fife . |
| 27 | In any event , and no matter what reforms were contemplated , the issue that was posed by Marius Moutet , pre-war Minister for the Colonies in the Popular Front and shortly to become Minister for Overseas France , was whether or not France really considered herself to be a nation of 100 m. and whether or not she was to be a great power . |
| 28 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 29 | He was even more irritated when Bunny told her she was to be interviewed by a reporter from the Manchester Daily News . |
| 30 | She was to be fisted . |