Example sentences of "was [to-vb] on [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damage that I once managed to inflict was to bend on of the metal strips away from the needle . |
| 2 | As a youngster in the 1950s my greatest delight was to run on to the pitch at Murrayfield after the full-time whistle , pat my heroes on the back and not wash my hands for a week , much to the disgust of my mother . |
| 3 | I was to keep on with the Radio Column , some reviews , and any special features I could dream up . |
| 4 | His first priority was to climb on to the rim of the sink and peer through the upper left-hand corner of the kitchen window . |
| 5 | The way in which that topic was to explode on to the stage in the twentieth century is anticipated in the frontal attack launched on Hegel 's system by the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard . |
| 6 | One of the most dangerous stunts Crawford did in the new series was to hang on to the back of a car as it dangled over sea and rocks two hundred feet below . |
| 7 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |
| 8 | The war was all but over , although bitter fighting was to rumble on in the islands for many decades . |
| 9 | My task , apart from the usual household chores , was to get on with the work for my three summer O-levels and to get ahead by starting to work towards my A-levels — English , Latin and Greek . |
| 10 | As he saw it , the job of the Church was to get on with the task of proclaiming the gospel and ministering the sacraments . |
| 11 | But the siege was to drag on into the summer of 1098 before the fortress finally capitulated and Rodrigo was able to enter in triumph and order Mass to be sung in one of the main squares . |