Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea was that when that was done , on a signal I was to open up with the Breda and shoot up the café . |
| 2 | I was to keep on with the Radio Column , some reviews , and any special features I could dream up . |
| 3 | There was a hush-hush meeting with Eliot and I was to keep out of the way . |
| 4 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |
| 5 | The only way to deal with him was to fall back on the technique that had always served her best . |
| 6 | The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's go and find the bastards , ’ Sharpe grunted , and once he had said it he marvelled at how easy it was to slip back into the old ways of speaking about the enemy . |
| 8 | It was frightening , how easy it was to slip back into the past . |
| 9 | Old Florence had left as usual for East Gore to stay with Jim and Jean and ostensibly to clear her verandah room for Tina and the new baby , but really everyone knew it was to get out of the way before all the excitement . |
| 10 | You 've just been telling us all what a relief it was to get out of the city . ’ |
| 11 | He was to go down to the Supersight factory for some practice with Harley and was then to go with him to a couple of the Continental tournaments . ’ |
| 12 | Although Laurie led the first day of the 1957 Open jointly with Eric Brown and Flory Van Donck , he was to finish out of the top twenty , Bobby Locke taking the last of his four Championship titles . |
| 13 | He was to set out with the three French patrols , drive the hundred-odd miles to the Gabes Gap and pass through it as quickly as possible to create confusion in the enemy rear areas . |
| 14 | During more than 20 years in the food machinery business , I was a frequent traveller to the USA , and one of the fringe benefits for me was to go along to the tool department of the local Sears Roebuck store . |