Example sentences of "we were [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For me , this was really a fantastic prospect , for we were to live in a college where we were to have our own bedroom , bathroom and sitting-room , and all meals provided . |
| 2 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 3 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 4 | If we were to refer to the light , we would not associate it with an individual object . |
| 5 | We were to ride in a rickshaw which was itself a gift from a delighted tourist . |
| 6 | If we were to look at the balance sheets of these other banks , we should find that their customers ' deposits had increased and that this increase was matched on the asset side by an increase in their operational balances at the Bank of England . |
| 7 | If we were to backtrack in the area of supporting composers , commissioning new work and putting it on as public a stage as possible , that would be close to admitting : ‘ Look , a classical commercial station can do the job just as well . |
| 8 | If we were to start on a building of such magnitude — which we have not yet attempted — it is easy to imagine the army of architects and engineers , the volumes of plans , the batteries of computers , the regiments of construction machinery we would require . |
| 9 | If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings . |
| 10 | The airport brings major economic benefits to the North West as we were to discover with the help of our guide John Kirby . |
| 11 | It might be best if you and not one of us were to deal with the boy . |