Example sentences of "was [to-vb] next " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her cause was badly damaged in 1985 , the day before she was to sit next to the Prince of Wales at a dinner in Florida , when it was revealed that she posed as a nude model in magazines and appeared in pornographic films in the late 1960s . |
| 2 | If the sheer grit of Craig Pain 's men in wresting victory from Tongan grasps filled the Crown Colony cup with good cheer what was to come next sent if cascading over the brim as the Fijians opened the floodgates to drown the New Zealand assault on their sevens citadel . |
| 3 | They ferried plates to and fro from the kitchen , where Rose and Victorine supervised what was to come next . |
| 4 | She stood stiff and aloof , waiting passively for whatever was to come next . |
| 5 | When I walked into that church hall I was unaware of what was to come next . |
| 6 | ‘ As a footballer , my ambition was to play next week , and now as a manager , where the average expectancy is two-and-a-half years , it is to manage a winning team next week . |
| 7 | What he was to do next was always to be a serious problem for Burton . |
| 8 | Mandeville simply stroked his dark face as if weighing up carefully what he was to do next . |
| 9 | No one ever knew what was to happen next , as Lily said . |
| 10 | Now she could , for a while , rest with her achievement , which was something so much greater and more mysterious than just having uttered a pack of lies , and let what was to happen next gradually formulate itself . |
| 11 | Whatever was to happen next , The Smiths would be preserved forever , within the highlights of their brief existence . |
| 12 | As it turned out it had landed in a position that could n't have been more perfect for what was to happen next . |
| 13 | Everyone was glued to their seats in anticipation of what was to happen next . |
| 14 | My notes told me what was to happen next , but my brain no longer knew how to move plot and people forward . |
| 15 | He felt animated ; and then he remembered his obligation to be bedridden ; and then he wondered what Henry was saying to the analyst , and whether his friend 's loyalty and humor were visible to the man , and what was to happen next to them all . |
| 16 | Eva found herself about four rows back , wondering what was to happen next and chiding herself for not thinking to check beforehand . |
| 17 | I 'd been having to dig my nails into the palm of my hand very hard in order to stop the tears streaming , which I could n't let happen as I was to speak next and needed to keep steady . |