Example sentences of "were to go [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be seen from the figures in Table 5 which also suggest that the longer the time they had lived in an old people 's home the less likely they were to go into hospital . |
| 2 | They were to go on trial on January 5 charged with lying to Congress about the controversy . |
| 3 | We were to go on foot so as not to disturb the tranquillity . |
| 4 | IF medals were to go on offer for patience then Don Kelly would certainly be entitled to collect one . |
| 5 | Eventually he reached Kirwan and was assured that no South Africans would be involved and that the match has some sanctity as the proceeds were to go to child cancer research — not that that dissuaded some cynics from suggesting that some players may have taken their share . |
| 6 | The day came when we were to go to court to legalise the situation . |
| 7 | But I can remember once when I was at the school Mrs was our music teacher and we were to go from doh to far , you know doh to far , and they used to s , she used to say listen to Mabel , Mabel 's the only one one of you that can go from doh to far . |
| 8 | We were to go by sea . |
| 9 | Jack and Warnie were to go by motorcycle — Daudel as Warnie called it — with Warnie in the saddle and Jack in a low-slung sidecar . |