Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [pron] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were to compare it with a really accurate map there would be very little in common but the map achieves its aim successfully through massive simplification and artificial emphasis of the important features , in this case the stations and interchanges . |
| 2 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 3 | If he were to read it with a less selective eye , he would benefit considerably . |
| 4 | To no avail : my resolution was never called for debate and another , that if the SNP were to approach us with a view to talks ( an unlikely event after the Pollok by-election ) we would not close the door , was passed by a narrow majority . |
| 5 | If you were to touch him with a pin — and he 's a boy or a girl by now — he 'd move away , he feels pain . |
| 6 | The plan , agreed in 1989 , was to replace it with a purpose-built dental hospital and postgraduate institute . |
| 7 | One of the first tasks for reclaiming the garden was to surround it with a leylandii hedge . |
| 8 | The result of this slight deformity was to leave him with a rather nasal drawl . |