Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [to-vb] that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities .
2 Autumn 1945 in Cardiff High School was a season of intensive preparation for a small group of us who were to make that attempt .
3 If you were to ask that man what is more important under Heaven — his public achievements or the death of that person — his answer would not be the majority one , the public one , but the private and particular one .
4 If you were to let that iron cool , what form of iron would you actually have ?
5 And here , sad to relate , was more than one case — not only the theft of a jewel , but also two deaths : of the person who was to present that jewel to the Ashmolean , and of the person who was to take official receipt of such benefaction .
6 Bryan Gould , who resigned from the shadow cabinet over Maastricht in the autumn , said : ’ If we were to abandon that position now it would be a remarkable break not only with tradition but certainly with principle . ’
7 Mrs Abigail drove the blue WRVS van , Miss Poraway sat beside her with a list of the names and addresses they were to visit that morning , the diabetics marked with a ‘ D ’ , as were the corresponding dinners in the metal hot-boxes .
8 Although they had recently lost narrowly to New Zealand , there was no question that West Indies were now the outstanding team in the world , and they were to continue that way throughout the 1980s .
9 But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’
10 Before this interrogation , he had reluctantly agreed to allow his wife to conduct it , being unable to argue against her contention that if he were to perform that duty , his questioning would inevitably be biased in the girl 's favour .
11 The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time .
12 Zurich , in the Middle Ages , was Switzerland 's most important city , and it was to stay that way .
13 It was to prevent that happening that I wanted to act , in homage to Modigliani and to my father , and out of a sense of duty to their memory .
14 It was warm and sunny , and for a brief time , as she cycled along to the nearest shops , she almost forgot what was to come that day .
15 To know oneself was to know that order .
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