Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be absurd if my wife were to accuse me of using the word ‘ here ’ without meaning , since I did not know where I was . |
| 2 | Employing one of those supremely disingenuous somersaults of logic that only long training in double-speak and the official brand of British arrogance can confer , Mr Howard told a Westminster audience of backbenchers that ‘ If the Commission were to take us to the European Court I can think of few things more calculated to bring the Commission into disrepute ’ |
| 3 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 4 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 5 | Chateaubriand , who happened to be visiting Arenenberg was asked by the young author for his opinion of the work , and the great writer graciously suggested that it would be improved if , where the word ‘ people ’ occurred , the Prince were to replace it with ‘ nation ’ . |
| 6 | There is the question of professional indemnity which I shall return to shortly because I think it might be helpful if the minister were to say something about that . |
| 7 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 8 | In an atmosphere so heady with romance , in a climate so receptive to gothic detail and intricate workmanship , jewellery and its design were to enjoy something of a golden age . |
| 9 | He pulled Carla into his arms and closed his eyes , feeling a vast , directionless violence , as if his task were to kill everyone in the world and the problem was how to start . |