Example sentences of "who was [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one game , against Nottingham Forest , Stephenson was joined by another player who was to take a leading role in Chapman 's future — Grenadier Guardsman Charlie Buchan of Sunderland , whom Chapman met for the first time . |
| 2 | By coincidence it was also Epstein who brought Modigliani together with a woman writer who was to have a profound effect upon his life — Beatrice Hastings . |
| 3 | He met Georges Bettembourg there in 1979 , they became friends and Sustad was invited to go to Shivling in 1981 with Bettembourg and a strong team that included Doug Scott who was to become a great friend and partner , and Don Whillans , who , despite being in his 50s , by then still contributed to the expedition . |
| 4 | It was around this time that he met George Underwood who was to become a lifelong friend . |
| 5 | I messed at first with Harry Phillimore , who was to become a lifelong friend . |
| 6 | William Coote , who was to play a major role in social purity up to the 1920s , went through a typical adolescent conversion experience in the 1860s and 1870s . |
| 7 | In a letter in the Gentleman 's Magazine of 1790 , ‘ Philippos ’ , identified by Pugh as Granville Penn , who was to play a central role in the foundation of the London Veterinary College , wrote that he ‘ had often lamented the failure of the plan which the late ingenious M Bourgelat had formed for establishing a veterinary school in England ’ . |
| 8 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 9 | At Dr Rudolf Bode 's Training College he met a fellow-student who was to make a lasting impact on his life both personally and professionally — Senta Medau 's warm personality , beautiful movement , choreographic flair and ability to teach in four languages made her ideal partner and wife . |
| 10 | But the world was moving on , and national agendas were changing both in the United States and in Britain , a fact soon to be underlined by a British prime minister who was to make a conscious effort to grade Western Europe above the United States in Britain 's list of national priorities . |