Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 2 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 3 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | In an atmosphere so heady with romance , in a climate so receptive to gothic detail and intricate workmanship , jewellery and its design were to enjoy something of a golden age . |
| 5 | 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 . |