Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [prep] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | They were to stay with him throughout the desert campaign . |
2 | If so , it was at Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cummage ’ ) that Coleridge first set foot within that secluded , forgotten territory , bounded by the Quantock Hills and a bleakly impressive coastline , which was to remain with him for the rest of his life . |
3 | This time he was to remain with him to the end . |
4 | At the ship 's office I was informed that Sir George Clerk , the British Ambassador , had sent a message that as soon as I landed I was to call on him at the Embassy . |
5 | Jazz 's target was to stay with him for the full four minutes . |
6 | Reagan absorbed many other valuable lessons from his experience as governor of California and it is possible to see in this period the evolution of a style of executive leadership that he was to take with him to the White House . |