Example sentences of "be [adv] [to-vb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm away to catch the last tram , ’ she smiled . |
| 2 | Although he was only to win a third of the tickets that Rudi had won , this dog was used extensively by successful breeders , which is the true test of a great dog . |
| 3 | This , Mwangaza ( ‘ Light ’ ) , was later to become the first Swahili daily , but although it cost only three cents it never achieved sales higher than about 1,400 . |
| 4 | That summer , George Ball , the master ( who was later to become the first hospital secretary of Bedford General Hospital ) joined the R.A.F. A special committee met in order to appoint a temporary master , and George 's father , Walter Mills Ball , a retired poor-law officer , offered to fill his place while his son was serving . |
| 5 | KATHLEEN Meacock was later to become the second Mrs McAvoy after marrying the gang leader in jail . |
| 6 | William Penn , who founded Pennsylvania , was baptised at All Hallows , and John Quincy Adams married there in 1797 ; he was later to become the sixth president of the U.S.A. |
| 7 | He was also to obtain the first formal recognition from the pope of the right of the crown to nominate holders of major benefices , before the kings of either France or Spain ; and he indulged grandiose dreams of annexing continental territories . |
| 8 | Strachan 's quick thinking at a free kick caused confusion , and Speed was there to head the first . |
| 9 | It was n't until 1890 that Halling had its own station and on the morning of its opening the School Master John Scholey was there to buy the first ticket . |