Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way to banish the bogeyman was to look him in the eye without flinching . |
| 2 | One of the worst things that could happen to a pupil was to leave something in the dining room by mistake after dinner . |
| 3 | My first thought was to put them in the dustbin . |
| 4 | It was her firm belief that the quickest way to achieve mental health was to absorb oneself in the problems of others and , in this particular centre , it seemed to have worked . |
| 5 | To flash a badge was to risk someone in the crowd remembering his face and in the future , on another job , he could fingered as the stoolie he truly was . |
| 6 | He pulled Carla into his arms and closed his eyes , feeling a vast , directionless violence , as if his task were to kill everyone in the world and the problem was how to start . |