Example sentences of "she be [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear guests on the tennis-courts ; if she were to walk back to the house now , straightway , taking the short cut , she could avoid them . |
| 2 | ‘ Once she had the key , and whilst her husband signed the formalities , she was to go up to her room , put the handbag containing the Tongue — and money , pearls , and so on — on a ledge as near as possible to a door which was going to be left deliberately ajar . |
| 3 | He was giving her orders : she was to hold on to the edge of the pool and breathe deeply in and out . |
| 4 | This was an idea she was to hold on to throughout the process . |
| 5 | Henry 's replies were equally blunt ; he offered help but said it would take time and , if matters should prove too difficult , she was to return immediately to England . |