Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I had n't been invited to that , I had to conclude that I was there to work , wearing my professional hat . |
| 2 | Said fifty when you were upstairs to daddy and she said how old 's your father and I said fifty two |
| 3 | She was here to work , to wend her way among the clusters of people gathered around the groaning buffet tables , to smile like a wax mannequin and to stop when requested , to pirouette and offer the same answer to each question about her gown whether it dealt with size , colour , fabric , price or availability . |
| 4 | Leith was about to state , quite forcefully , that she was there to work , not to flirt with every male who chanced his arm , when suddenly she realised that if he knew she had worked for Vasey 's for only a short while then there was a fair chance either someone from Personnel , or Mr Catham , had given him a brief run-down on each employee before he met them . |
| 5 | You know he used to see to a lot of our meals , and see that we were away to school and such-like . ’ |
| 6 | After deciding that oak would be best for the job , it was then to work , carefully measuring the arch and getting it all drawn up to scale . |