Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 2 | The man who ushered in a golden age of middle-distance running , Brendan Foster , was at the peak of his powers and the two men who were to carry it to the greatest heights , Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe , were just beginning to emerge . |
| 3 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |
| 4 | In the following car were the Sheikha , her daughter , Hussa and Selma who were to accompany us to London . |
| 5 | In October 1301 , Roger-Bernard III 's son Gaston , who was to succeed him in 1302 , was married to Jeanne d'Artois , sister of Robert II , count of Artois , at the very heart of the Capetian court circle . |
| 6 | In 1901 he was elected to a fellowship at Caius ; among his colleagues there was ( Sir ) Ronald Fisher [ q.v. ] , who was to succeed him in the chair of genetics . |
| 7 | Suffragette Emily Davidson , who was to throw herself under the King 's horse at the Derby in 1913 , hid there during the census of 1911 , to protest for Women 's Rights . |