Example sentences of "what [vb past] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus there developed what became to be known as the War of the Roses , which raged on and off from 1455 to 1485 . |
| 2 | Once again the ground has ruined what promised to be a good contest and only four of the 15 entries go to post . |
| 3 | Once again the ground has ruined what promised to be a good contest and only four of the 15 entries go to post . |
| 4 | I 'm told , though , that she went with some relief — because she would n't be around to witness what promised to be the ghastly ignominy of election day . |
| 5 | ‘ But I am very disappointed as I was looking forward to going to the West Indies and seeing what promised to be a great series . ’ |
| 6 | On the first occasion , I remembered , I had found a highly personable stray kitten and before the week was up had delivered it to what promised to be a good new home adjacent to that jokey castle . |
| 7 | A refugee from the Colette-Willy ménage of the early nineteen hundreds , from what promised to be a long stint of sterile work as Willy 's secretary and as yet another among the throng of that extraordinary man 's unacknowledged collaborators , the young Marcel Boulestin fled the malicious gossip , the dramas and scandals in which these two now legendary figures were for ever involving each other and their friends . |
| 8 | Caught in what promised to be a whirlpool of conflicting dogmatic beliefs , Eric , who did n't care either way so long as I was happy , went off to see Mgr O'Flaherty , a well-known priest who had given help and shelter to large numbers of escaping prisoners-of-war and was now an important figure in the Holy Office . |
| 9 | The first of what promised to be a long series of show trials of former senior officials of the ousted Ceausescu regime ended on Feb. 2 when a military tribunal in Bucharest found Emil Bobu , Manea Manescu , Ion Dinca and Tudor Postelnicu guilty of " co-authorship of genocide " in connection with the killing of demonstrators in Timisoara , Bucharest and elsewhere at the start of the December 1989 revolution [ see pp. 37104-05 ] . |
| 10 | The Agreement provided for massive UN involvement , and work had already started on raising finance from donor countries for what promised to be the UN 's most substantial peacekeeping operation ; some estimates put the cost at up to US$2,000 million . |
| 11 | On the contrary , their objective was not to overthrow the Franco regime but to adapt it to meet the demands of what promised to be a more international future . |
| 12 | The Alpine snows closed over his militant steps , and the sinners he had excommunicated for one reason or another turned their thoughts from irregular union or simony , if they had ever been on them , and peered into the mists of what promised to be a very long vacancy . |
| 13 | Her turquoise swimsuit was already being remorselessly dispensed with , and as further protests were silenced by Guy 's laughing mouth covering hers , and her writhing body was explored by his skilful fingers , the laughter was replaced by something much more urgent and potent , as Guy tossed the clinging garment aside , and spread-eagled his wife with breathtaking impatience across the towel , proceeding to demonstrate an audacious variation on what promised to be another perfectly designed performance … |
| 14 | At the end , the traitor of the English clan hurled his credit cards at his parents ’ grave in what seemed to be a symbol for throwing bad money after good . |
| 15 | As a whole , this grand spectacle was a rare hit with what seemed to be as varied an audience as any opera company is likely to find these days . |
| 16 | The first came when the group reported what seemed to be rather minor problems at its parts side . |
| 17 | I went into the bedroom where Alison was lying down in what seemed to be a state of shock . |
| 18 | There was what seemed to be an endless round of meetings to discuss our coverage , with Ford personnel up to and including European vice-presidents . |
| 19 | She came of a family whose heads felt cold in the night ( their father had worn a nightcap ) and now she rose to a sitting position looking , in the gloom , like some eastern potentate , her beautiful nose and high forehead all surmounted by what seemed to be a turban but was actually some sort of woolly garment skilfully disposed about her head . |
| 20 | Next came a pair of thick socks wrinkling about the ankles , and then what seemed to be a pair of men 's shoes . |
| 21 | Despite what seemed to be a nice little boom , British productivity had grown more slowly than that of any comparable European country : 40 per cent compared with Germany 's and Italy 's 150 per cent , not to consider Japan 's 400 per cent . |
| 22 | Bald , and with an attenuated El Greco face , he looked like a victim of chemotherapy — but also of a Transylvanian vampire , for his chin and neck were covered with what seemed to be bite marks . |
| 23 | Now he has gained what seemed to be a pipe-dream , a seat in the Cabinet . |
| 24 | As regards malicious referrals , what seemed to be the case in a very few instances was that at least some of the allegations had substance to them and were worthy of investigation , but in discussion with the parents it seemed possible that the referrer might be using the allegation to progress some dispute with them . |
| 25 | As Golby passed the turnpike gate , he noticed what seemed to be a pile of rags beside the road . |
| 26 | The leadership of the International were in general irritated by what seemed to be the sectarian squabbling of the émigré Poles and Russians , while generally defending the traditional interpretation of Marx 's opinions . |
| 27 | Nicholson 's close friend Bruce Dern saw this as one of the developing problems with what seemed to be heading towards a husband and wife relationship ; with two people in the same business — as had been the case with Sandra and Mimi — the pressures on their life together were aggravated by the success of one member of the partnership , while the other was still struggling . |
| 28 | A helpful , somewhat overstated hotel doorman gave me instant directions , from which I found myself in the shadow of Vine Street facing what seemed to be a series of rear entrances to a rather less than impressive warehouse . |
| 29 | The source of the smoke turned out to be a huge cast-iron incinerator behind the house which had been crammed full of papers and what seemed to be old clothes . |
| 30 | In accordance with my usual run of luck , I climbed up into thick mist , and being too lazy and smug to take a bearing I followed what seemed to be a well-worn path heading in the right direction for Beinn Dorain . |