Example sentences of "they [was/were] [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
| 2 | If they were to live in peace it was necessary , he said , that the Indians should have a country set apart for them and in that country they must stay . |
| 3 | ( They were to remain in use for that purpose until the reception of casuals was finally discontinued on November 7th 1949 , when their presence was represented as a deterrent to the recruitment of nurses and a hindrance to the upgrading of what had become the North Wing of Bedford General Hospital . |
| 4 | They rarely performed as individuals ; from now on they were to remain in line , arms linked behind each other . |
| 5 | They were to be wandering years , but they were to end in triumph . |
| 6 | The only reliable way to see them was to pass in front of the building and turn left into the road to the cemetery : from that side some of them could be seen craning out of the windows and waving . |