Example sentences of "[pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | If you were to let that iron cool , what form of iron would you actually have ? |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But if they were to examine that bullet hole and find it was caused by the same sort of gun that killed her … ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The balance of power was shifting back to favour the landlord , and it was to remain that way for a long time . |
| 10 | Zurich , in the Middle Ages , was Switzerland 's most important city , and it was to stay that way . |
| 11 | 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 . |