Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] they [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe that we would get on better with our men ; we would have less friction and less legislation if we were to meet them round the table and discuss mutual affairs with them in a suitable manner . |
| 2 | Then , scientists were to puncture them in the leg with a large hypodermic to extract a sample of muscle tissue . |
| 3 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |
| 4 | Does it really matter that those were early days , when the joke on campus was that the only way to kill anyone with a laser was to hit them over the head with it ? |
| 5 | The aim was to put them on the spot — or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern . |
| 6 | My first thought was to put them in the dustbin . |
| 7 | The key to impressing Mum and Auntie Jean , and the best way to keep their tongues off the risible subject of my loin-cloth , which inevitably had them quaking with laughter , was to introduce them to the actors afterwards , telling them which sit-coms and police programmes they 'd seen them in . |