Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
| 2 | His partner had suddenly remembered her brothers were to meet her at the door and take her home ( an old trick , this ) . |
| 3 | And luck , a commodity the spirited teenager had never been short of , played a crucial part in the events that were to set her on the path to millions . |
| 4 | Presumably he believed that though his wife might join in a little family intrigue against him , she would not want to carry her opposition to the point of war — particularly if that were to involve her in an alliance with her ex-husband . |
| 5 | When , in the summer of 1983 , she went to England for a few weeks , she took a French companion whose role was to instruct her during every spare moment . |
| 6 | My sister 's job was to meet her at the bus stop with the wheel basket so she did n't have to carry it up the road . |
| 7 | It would n't be the first time that a man had lovingly supported a woman through crisis only to discover that when she was strong again his own need was to confine her in a dependent role . |
| 8 | She had stayed at Thomas a while and now this officer was to put her on a stage for home . |
| 9 | Tony found that the best thing to do was to put her in the buggy and push her round the town , or take her to the park . |
| 10 | If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him . |
| 11 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |
| 12 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 13 | He told us what sport it was to take her to the ‘ Houtsize ‘ 0use ’ in London , first putting her on the Inner Circle , getting off smartly himself , and leaving her to go round and round until his amusement wore off . |
| 14 | A Norwegian freedom fighter who knew the area was to take her to the nearby village , after which she was on her own . |
| 15 | She also reveals how the actor who tried to make the world a better place was to rescue her from the brink again . |