Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |
| 2 | Negotiations were to continue on a further facility to replace the existing one when it expired in October . |
| 3 | All were powered by GE engines and were to formate on a Lear Jet flown by H Clay Lacey for a public relations photographic sortie over the Mojave Desert . |
| 4 | If ever the Royal Warrant were to appear on a headhunter 's letterhead , it would be Spencer Stuart 's , except that they would be too modest and discreet to make it public knowledge . |
| 5 | Even Bevan reckoned that if the Labour Party were to campaign on a programme fully reflecting the aspirations of the rank and file party activists ‘ we could say goodbye to any Labour government being elected again in Britain' . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was barely eighteen , he was to go on a tour of the fabled cities of England ; he was to be thrown in with chorus girls , drink with vagabonds of the stage , have the money for floozies and low bars , time to read and time to talk and be praised for doing this stage work which was not work at all . |
| 8 | So Changez 's new job was to sit on a three-legged stool behind the vegetable section and watch for shop-lifters . |
| 9 | These functionally convenient but artificial demarcation lines have made the timetable easier to handle and have provided security for teachers who knew that for a single or double period their task was to concentrate on a specific subject . |
| 10 | Defendants are entitled to give evidence of their honest state of mind , and to explain why their dominant motive , irrespective of any dislike they may feel for the plaintiff , was to comment on a matter of public interest . |
| 11 | As Winston Churchill was to write on a different occasion , ‘ at first the steps were wide and shallow , covered with a carpet , but in the end the very stones crumbled under their feet . ’ |
| 12 | Christopher was to embark on a painful programme of physiotherapy . |
| 13 | Instead of class analysis and the more obvious communist objectives the Party was to advance on a broad front as the dominant power of the League For The Independence Of Vietnam : the Viet Nam Doc Lap Dong Minh or , in its more memorable form , the Vietminh . |
| 14 | ‘ Martin Fierro 's aim in life was to sleep on a bed of clover , look up at the stars , and live as free as a bird in the sky . |
| 15 | As in the earlier books , the bravura set-piece dominates , and the most memorable concerns the crates in which the Portuguese have packed up their belongings , and which were eventually shipped out of Africa — Kapuscinski was to stumble on a few of them in Portugal , sunk , as it were , in the sand . |
| 16 | In the end , the Cuban government was to fix on a bond of $500 for each Jew . |
| 17 | Miss Asia organiser Amarjit Sidhu — the man responsible for the UK Asian pop awards — said the aim was to put on a family show where girls would have a chance to shine . |
| 18 | For once I agree with Du Camp , who used to say that Gustave 's preferred form of travel was to lie on a divan and have the scenery carried past him . |
| 19 | Our idea was to arrive on a Friday night , eat far too much at one of the local pubs , and build up our strength for a full day 's riding on Saturday . |