Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] been a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to have been a nice little earner . |
| 2 | What was to have been a grand finale to the four-day official visit had to be hurried along with little ceremony as rain pelted down on Kyongju , spoiling the autumnal splendour of the ornamental gardens , a favourite spot for young honeymooners . |
| 3 | In England there was to have been a four-year transitional period , commencing in 1990 , during which the community charge would have been gradually introduced and rates phased out , but the Secretary of State , in response to pressure from his own party , agreed late in 1987 that with the exception of a handful of London boroughs ( where some flexibility remains ) the community charge should be introduced throughout England in 1990 without any phasing-in period . |
| 4 | This was to have been a double wedding , her twin sister , Corrie 's and hers , celebrated on the day of their grandparents ' Golden Wedding anniversary . |
| 5 | His psyche had chosen to fly during what was to have been a two-week visit at their flat rather than fifteen storeys up in his own dismal , run-down tower block , alone with his nagging wife . |
| 6 | 'As you all know , this was to have been a happy occasion , an opportunity for members old and new to join together and indulge ourselves with history in pleasant surroundings , linked in our common interest by the traditions of the Circle . |