Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duties of the CCC , which was to work ‘ in close touch ’ with the Central Juvenile Employment Exchange , were to arrange for the vocational guidance of prospective school-leavers and to liaise with exchange officials in registering juveniles and in selecting applicants for interviews . |
| 2 | Under Biset 's orders they were to search for the evildoers and those who harboured them , and do whatever was necessary to maintain the king 's peace in those parts . |
| 3 | And after Haley came Presley , Little Richard , and Fats Domino , laying a freeway through popular culture that outraged left and right alike , and down which successive generations of youth were to drive for the next three decades . |
| 4 | Lynch made amends before long and equalised from close range , but that was all the reward Southwood were to see for their efforts . |
| 5 | ‘ If we were to go for full indexation , ’ said Jacek Kuron , the Labour Minister , ‘ there would be a mountain of money on the market leading to enormous price increases , with all the dangers that implies , especially for the poor . ’ |
| 6 | They replied , ‘ Oh , but we were to go for drinks with Derek tonight . ’ |
| 7 | Would you like me to check the mail — or attend to the women who were to go for a bush walk ? ’ |
| 8 | Was it normal , she had enquired , for elderly gentlemen making termly investigations into your scholastic progress to indicate where you were to sit for interview by laying their hand on the sofa cushion , and then , when you sat down , failing to remove their hand ? |
| 9 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 10 | Those made redundant were to wait for 26 weeks before being entitled to unemployment benefit . |
| 11 | Perhaps if My Lady were to wait for him tonight , there in the dark , he might recite some love poetry … a sonnet he has composed ? ’ |
| 12 | It was at that time he wrote the first of a series of Scots novels which were to secure for him a place in the history of literature . |
| 13 | Her proposition had been simple and direct — if he were to work for her , she would make him wealthy and ensure him a place in society . |
| 14 | The Conservatives were to rule for thirteen years , with Churchill as Prime Minister for the first three and a half . |
| 15 | You imagine that if I were to catalogue for you the incidents of my life , and tell you all my memories , you would come to know me better . |
| 16 | He not only attacks the SEC for being politically grounded , suggesting that the SEC 's limited resources are being focused on those least in favour with the enforcement agency , but by adopting the Stigler ‘ interest theory ’ of regulation , he argues that if one were to look for the supporters of anti-insider dealing provisions , one would find that it is neither society nor the markets , but the SEC itself . |
| 17 | But if she were to look for ever and a day , she would not find it . |
| 18 | The bishops were to look for exactly these deficiencies ; synods were to be held ; the clergy were to be better educated , responsible and not ignorant . |
| 19 | Mr Newham said the PPL would have ‘ no qualms ’ about seeking redress from those who consistently ignored them , but added : ‘ If you were to apply for a licence today we could be lenient about past fees . ’ |
| 20 | In the Pre-Campaign Wave and the two Campaign Waves we asked electors to give each party a mark out of ten for how inclined they were to vote for it . |
| 21 | A referendum , in which Western Saharans were to vote for integration into Morocco or independence under Polisario , was still scheduled for Jan. 26 , 1992 . |
| 22 | Bangladesh and India were to extend for a further three years the trade agreement due to expire in October 1992 , All-India Radio reported on Aug. 6 following talks in New Delhi . |
| 23 | Some occupations were to last for almost six months , but the end results were always the same : army operations to destroy the crops and the murder of the leaders involved . |
| 24 | The bottom line is that whilst Wilko has made decisions which have upset , even annoyed us , if he were to leave for the England job there is no-one remotely capable of replacing him . |
| 25 | Its main aims were to press for a new constitution based on a formal state treaty and to slow the moves towards a market economy . |
| 26 | But I mean that would just be an argument about where they set the level that you no longer were to qualify for child benefit , but I mean , bu , you know , presuma , presumably er , th the point the man was was making that er , the child benefit goes equally |
| 27 | Did Benjamin carry secret orders from his uncle that Selkirk and Ruthven were to die for the common good ? |
| 28 | Peter 's first thoughts were to call for a vicar to make an honest couple out of them , but after a lengthy investigation he suggested the family consult a veterinary surgeon . |
| 29 | The republics were to decide for themselves policy in such key areas as private property and land ownership . |
| 30 | In the meanwhile , England and her king were to live for many years on the reputation won on that autumn day . |