Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [to-vb] they [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
2 | Then , scientists were to puncture them in the leg with a large hypodermic to extract a sample of muscle tissue . |
3 | My first thought was to put them in the dustbin . |
4 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
5 | But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths . |