Example sentences of "[noun] were [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Its terms of reference were to look at the management of the financial and manpower resources of the NHS . |
2 | Lofoten apart , though , Keyes 's private armies were to chafe at the bit of ministry reins throughout the summer of 1941 , while remaining dependent on these masters for the very shoe-string of their existence as Commandos . |
3 | You will not be entitled to redundancy compensation under Section 10 of the Scheme in the event that your appointment were to terminate at the expiry of the fixed term without being renewed or extended . |
4 | The cutters and machinists were to remain at the club house for another twelve and eighteen months respectively but the plan was for the printers to move immediately into the new premises . |
5 | Women and children were to report at the school in the morning to make arrangements for the care and education of the evacuees . |
6 | The Cistercians were the papacy 's missionary storm-troops of the twelfth to thirteenth century as the Jesuits were to become at the time of the counter-Reformation . |
7 | ‘ Suppose old Hilbert 's face were to appear at the window now , ’ Adam had said as they went up the bask stairs to bed . |