Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [was/were] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Van Der Meulen 's austere but charming character was to stand him in good stead with the Saudis . |
| 2 | The result of this slight deformity was to leave him with a rather nasal drawl . |
| 3 | His first and continuing urge was to drive him towards crisis and clarity , which involved , one might almost say which meant , finding a podvig that would satisfy his idea of Stavrogin . |
| 4 | Because her only defence was to turn him against her , she realised with a pang of sorrow . |
| 5 | Wordsworth received a ‘ good grounding ’ in the classics , but the object of the intensive mathematical training was to prepare him for success at Cambridge University . |