Example sentences of "[vb past] [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have kept my silence , for the only purpose my words served was to demonstrate my disbelief in Billingsley 's outrageous explanation . |
| 2 | He had felt a similar urge in the Barrow , as the wight 's fingers came towards him , and there the temptation offered was to abandon his friends and use the Ring to escape . |
| 3 | He had meant to say a prayer of thanks for his escape and for his mercy , but all he did was to spread his arm protectively across the stone , and lie there breathing deeply , embracing his father , and as gratefully at rest as though he had flung himself into Master Harry 's living arms . |
| 4 | What Clark did was to imagine what substances are responsible for killing parasites in these systems — and to carry out the experiments that prove his idea . |
| 5 | The day after her double transplant one of the first things she did was to grab her mother 's hand and say : ‘ I 'll be able to grow up and have kids now , wo n't I ? ’ |
| 6 | According to Celentano , the first thing Sinatra did was to throw his chair across the room , yelling , ‘ Get rid of this . |
| 7 | All that remained was to get his appointment approved by the comrades . |
| 8 | She could n't think why — the last thing she wanted was to prolong her time in his company . |
| 9 | At the same time I felt so inordinately tired that all I wanted was to lean my face against that corduroy and shut out the world . |
| 10 | It all sounded so polite and formal , when what she really wanted was to put her arms around him and have him hold her , kiss her , tell her that he had forgiven her , but that would be like trying to turn the clock back , and there was no way they could do that . |
| 11 | ‘ All I wanted was to prove my husband right . |
| 12 | Her mam would say nothing , just sit there white-faced , cupping her hand over the latest bruise , not daring even to blink in case he said she was sleeping in God 's time when all he wanted was to raise his children decent . |
| 13 | all they wanted was to get their commission . |
| 14 | An aide said later : ‘ The last thing she wanted was to have her picture taken when she was eating . ’ |
| 15 | . I was ill as well as desolate , and all I wanted was to hide my wretchedness from everyone . ’ |