Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [be] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walter Legge once said that Karajan was not interested in politics , except of the musical variety , of which he was to become a consummate master . |
| 2 | He was born in London in 1555 , eldest son of a Master of Trinity House , from whom he was to inherit a substantial property . |
| 3 | The third and last time she was wakened that night , it was by the voice of her husband saying , ‘ What it is to have a clear conscience . |
| 4 | I never knew what it was to have a decent night 's rest . |
| 5 | Ye never knew what it was to have a dacent meal in yer belly until ye married me ! ’ |