Example sentences of "was to find [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later in the year , after the Murray Scrubs expedition , Gould was to find evidence to support this when he explored the Namoi River district in New South Wales . |
| 2 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 3 | In Brighton the monumental style was to find favour with Nonconformists planning a new church , not a denominational headquarters like Central Hall . |
| 4 | When she finally came downstairs it was to find Carole insisting that , since this was their last night in the Hamptons before returning to the apartment in New York , she 'd arranged for them to have a romantic candle-lit dinner in their cottage . |
| 5 | The rise of State intervention in the social sphere prior to 1914 has been acknowledged as marking the beginnings of the process of greater involvement which was to find expression in the Second World War . |
| 6 | The problem was to find exports with which to pay for it ; English woollens and iron products were not luxurious enough for the ruling class in India and were far too expensive for the vast majority of the population . |
| 7 | His idea was to find works in these unlikely locations which incorporate photographic strategies and techniques to find artists other than pure photographers who use the medium in making paintings , sculpture , drawings , prints , books , installations and videos . |
| 8 | He knew that he 'd been close , but then somehow it had all slipped away from him ; when Alina had n't come out and the three of them had finally gone into the building , it was to find incomprehension from the woman who lived alone and an empty flat where she said she 'd gone for help . |
| 9 | Arsenal , having won the Cup and two Championships in four years , could not go on for much longer with the same team , and in 1933 Chapman 's major concern was to find replacements to keep the club on top . |
| 10 | For Ryecroft , like so many others who had worried about culture and the masses , had learnt ‘ the true instinct of townsfolk ’ which was to find pleasure in the ‘ triumph of artificial circumstance over natural conditions ’ . |
| 11 | In the choice of these names the trick was to find characters whose pronunciation in English resembled somewhat the spoken sounds of Dunlop and Semmens . |
| 12 | One way of evading restrictions was to find sinecure posts for good players ; one man was given the job of checking the advertising posters for the club , though the most common trick was for club directors , who were often substantial employers , to find part-time or simply bogus jobs for which payment was made . |
| 13 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 14 | On the death of Queen Mary in 1694 , a sermon was preached noting how rare it was to find courage and heroism in a woman and relating this to the modesty and selfless nature of the late queen , in abasing herself before her husband . |
| 15 | However , when presently the knights were admitted to the castle , it was to find Moray and the High Steward themselves therein . |
| 16 | The first step in reclaiming these spoil heaps was to find Plants that would grow under such conditions and that would resist erosion from the steep slopes . |
| 17 | The aim was to find £600,000 to restore the Great Hall . |
| 18 | The next thing was to find Susan . |