Example sentences of "[pron] were [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ourselves were to travel by train . |
| 2 | Although initially encouraging , the approach proved to be fruitless and both bodies made independent arrangements within separately developed policies which were to lead to disagreement over the Cambridge Board 's RAC scheme for liberal adult education throughout the region , and which is considered in the next section of this chapter . |
| 3 | The authorities also gave themselves the most important voice on the gentry committees which were to decide on land boundaries and the size of the peasants ' payments . |
| 4 | Nos. 11E , 18E and 20E with four others were sold to Cohens without trucks which were then used to replace unsatisfactory trucks under the seven Erith covered top cars , which were to remain in service a little longer . |
| 5 | One of the reasons why my partner and I disposed of our practice some years ago was the fact that the new legislation , particularly relating to investment business and the proposed audit regulations which were to come into force , was making practices less profitable , as it was impossible to pass all these extra costs on to the client . |
| 6 | They had been arrested in December 1972 and , as a result , did not come under the ‘ Diplock ’ innovations and the more stringent Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act , both of which were to come into force in the following year . |
| 7 | Additionally , other university extension courses extending over forty-eight hours and comprising twenty-four meetings were almost identical to WEA One-Year courses , matters which were to become of concern to the WEA in subsequent years . |
| 8 | Two major defeats in ten years , followed now by the capture of the king , led to rebellion in Normandy and civil troubles in Paris which were to end in violence . |
| 9 | At the same time Penny said of Diana : ‘ If she were to fall in love with someone prepared to go through hell , fire and water — not to mention Royal opposition — for her , she might think about separation . ’ |
| 10 | If she were to insist on veal goulash , for example , all would be lost . |
| 11 | In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers . |
| 12 | When he had finished visiting all the positions he returned to his base at Ballykinler in time to get a couple of hours ' sleep before briefing the helicopter pilots who were to fly in support of the checkpoint operation . |
| 13 | Good intentions , of course , are said to pave the way to hell , but one must , like Edward Teller , be optimistic , so I turned to it ( 9 February ) to watch the rubbing together of two creative intellects , those of John Berger and Susan Sontag who were to discuss/argue/disagree about storytelling . |
| 14 | Was it normal , she had enquired , for elderly gentlemen making termly investigations into your scholastic progress to indicate where you were to sit for interview by laying their hand on the sofa cushion , and then , when you sat down , failing to remove their hand ? |
| 15 | ‘ I do not kidnap young females , even for financial reward , and also , if you were to disappear without trace , it would be years , I suspect , before my mother had her home to herself . |
| 16 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 17 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 18 | We were to go on foot so as not to disturb the tranquillity . |
| 19 | The day came when we were to go to court to legalise the situation . |
| 20 | But I can remember once when I was at the school Mrs was our music teacher and we were to go from doh to far , you know doh to far , and they used to s , she used to say listen to Mabel , Mabel 's the only one one of you that can go from doh to far . |
| 21 | We were to go by sea . |
| 22 | If we were to move from standstill to cutbacks , we would expect to see further changes in behaviour . |
| 23 | We received a message by telephone that this was fine and that we were to get in touch when we were ready to take up the offer . |
| 24 | I mean we were to come over Bridge here and there was a police station on Bridge at the time , police , you know opposite the T B I , and the sergeant used to stand there and he used to wait for us coming home . |
| 25 | Perhaps the best way to start on this is to ask ourselves what would be lost if we were to speak without intonation : you should try to imagine speech in which every syllable was said on the same level pitch , with no pauses and no changes in speed or loudness . |
| 26 | Even if , for the sake of argument , one were to take at face value the Lucas hypothesis that an unanticipated increase in the money supply raises the notional supply of labour , what incentive do employers have to take on any extra labour ? |
| 27 | I suppose if one were to wonder about schizophrenia or playing the part too much , it 's like an actor who does a film and the film is very successful and he plays Gatsby in the film , and then they never stop wearing 30 's tennis whites . |
| 28 | This can be seen from the figures in Table 5 which also suggest that the longer the time they had lived in an old people 's home the less likely they were to go into hospital . |
| 29 | They were to go on trial on January 5 charged with lying to Congress about the controversy . |
| 30 | As one who joined the Leader of the Opposition in voting against the Single European Act , before the right hon. Gentleman became a Euro-fanatic , may I appeal to my right hon. Friend to warn the voters about the huge dangers to the much-improved labour relations of Britain if they were to vote into power any Government who were prepared to pass over the power to wreck our trade union reforms by majority vote in Brussels ? |