Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , most of these girls grew out of these crushes — soon the great problem was to keep them away from the Grammar School boys at the other end of the road . |
| 2 | ‘ But I thought the whole idea was to keep it away from the public ? |
| 3 | Murray bought his compass and they walked on together , beginning the skein of meaningless jokes and catchwords which was to bind them together in the next few weeks . |
| 4 | Fortunately , my persistent ‘ need to know ’ was to get me there in the end . |
| 5 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |