Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [to-vb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only other alternative was to go back to the cottage , as well he 'd known . |
| 2 | As for the rest of NATO , the cause of world peace , not to say sanity , would be served if these countries were to look back to the decision of 1979 and to admit , even to themselves , that they were wrong . |
| 3 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 4 | The plan was to go down to the south coast and camp . |
| 5 | His favourite relaxation was to toddle down to the quay and join the Royal Navy patrol boat for a day out . |
| 6 | The fastest way to talk to Grosvenor Square was to get back to the third floor . |
| 7 | Her first move was to go round to the various teachers who taught the senior class and borrow from them a number of text-books , books on algebra , geometry , French , English Literature and the like . |
| 8 | Mr. Gow : While recognising the undoubted right of all members of the General Synod to deeply held views for or against the policies of the present Government , would it be helpful if my right Hon. Friend were to point out to the General Synod that its reputation would be enhanced if its members , when in Synod , devoted more time to matters spiritual than to matter political ? |
| 9 | The way in which that topic was to explode on to the stage in the twentieth century is anticipated in the frontal attack launched on Hegel 's system by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard . |
| 10 | His first priority was to climb on to the rim of the sink and peer through the upper left-hand corner of the kitchen window . |
| 11 | If one of these groups were to go over to the other side — as the army did in Romania — the balance of forces would be altered . |
| 12 | Naval vessels were also contributed by Belgium and Italy ( which both on Aug. 21 confirmed that minesweepers sent initially to the eastern Mediterranean were to proceed on to the Gulf ) ; Greece announced on Aug. 20 that a frigate would join the naval forces in the Gulf , and Spain made a similar announcement the following day . |
| 13 | If Englishmen in America were to push on to the west , it was fairly predictable that there would be clashes with the thinly scattered Indian population , and it was quite certain that if they went far enough either west or north they would meet the French . |
| 14 | Her great ability was to get through to the outcasts of society — the drunks , the crazed , the depressed . |
| 15 | She decided that her best hope was to go up to the belvedere and see if she could find any indication at all that someone else had been involved in Gebrec 's death . |
| 16 | For a detailed criticism of this rule and the problems which it causes , when there is material conflict in the averments made by an appellant and the licensing board , see Tennent Caledonian Breweries Ltd. v. City of Aberdeen District Licensing Board , cit. , where it was held that in the case of a conflict of averments , the court could not go behind what appeared in the board 's pleadings. ( 6 ) In Jack v. Edinburgh Corporation , 1973 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 64 , it was held that where an appeal was considered in circumstances substantially different from those considered by the licensing authority , the proper course was to remit back to the authority for reconsideration . |
| 17 | One of the most dangerous stunts Crawford did in the new series was to hang on to the back of a car as it dangled over sea and rocks two hundred feet below . |