Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , if I were to try to explain to him the nature of my personal circumstances , he would be embarrassed . |
| 2 | ‘ Thus , ’ as J. A. Burrow remarks , ‘ as Duke Humphrey 's guests worked their way through this very unpenitential fish banquet , they were invited to see in it the four courses of their own life 's feast . ’ |
| 3 | Cara smiled , and confided , ‘ Actually , I was wondering what I was going to do with myself the four weeks he 's away — I 've sort of got used to having him around , ’ she tossed in , as if uncaring , when they all knew differently . |
| 4 | Yeah what I was going to say to you the only thing is will you put a plug up . |
| 5 | Also , interestingly , Labour was trying to claim for itself the new Prospective owner-occupiers with a promise of low interest mortgages for low income earners . |