Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E.
2	The barrel of the gun and all the areas of the engine that were to be given a metal finish were then painted Chaos Black .
3	For this the four Wardens of the Company would receive 3s 4d each : there was also a " potation " which was to be held on the preceding evening ( at a cost of 12s 6d ) and after the service there was a dinner ( 15s 6d ) ; finally , twelve poor members of the Goldsmiths ' Company were to be given a shilling each .
4	For the retail co-operatives , it posed the question whether their employees too were to be paid a bonus , thus reducing the amount available for distribution on purchases , or whether they should be paid the rate for the job .
5	Each of the 10 counties were to be allocated a seat , with two each for exiled parties .
6	Meredith claimed he had offered the bribe on behalf of the manager and that the players were to be offered a team bonus of £100 if they won the League .
7	Later the same year , he was to be denied a place in the British Olympic football team on the grounds that he was a professional cricketer .
8	Janice was to be made a scapegoat .
9	In North Africa a Christian militancy developed , and the supreme ambition was to be granted a martyr 's crown .
10	Born in York on 16th October , 1918 , he was baptised in St George 's Church where he was to be ordained a priest on 8th April , 1945 .
11	Further , in consideration of £20 paid to his master , William was to be allowed a modicum of pocket money : 6d. per week for the first year , 1s. a week for the second , 2s. a week for the third and 3s. a week for the fourth .
12	A first-class chief was to be offered a carpet , rather than a rug , to sit on , and the Resident was to rise both to receive him and to dismiss him .

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