Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days before the distracting influences of radio and television , the fixed routine of the adult inhabitants after the day 's work was done was to settle down for an evening 's knitting , a craft both men and women practised assiduously , on the outside galleries in summer and by candlelight in front of a peat fire in winter . |
| 2 | He explained : ‘ We 're not really sure what happened the car cut out four or five times around the circuit in one lap and the only way to keep it going was to mess around with the ignition . |
| 3 | The damage that I once managed to inflict was to bend on of the metal strips away from the needle . |
| 4 | The best idea they had was to travel back to the Wars of the Roses and bring two armoured knights with them into the age of the Krooms . |
| 5 | The most useful contribution he could make was to turn up on the right day in the right uniform , cut ribbons , and make cosy speeches . |
| 6 | The late arrival had necessitated her getting out of bed and throwing on a voluminous dressing-robe in order to prepare suitable accommodation — on a night such as this , moreover , when all a body wanted was to curl up under the quilt and hide from the horrors outside . |