Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had said , peremptory as always , that he was to go straight to Room III , where " the miraculous stuff " was to be found . |
| 2 | If one was to look forward to work , it needed to be stimulating and enjoyable , but precisely what was meant by this could not quite be imagined . |
| 3 | She said that the secret of a happy prison life was to submit cheerfully to buggery from morning till night , but phooey to that . |
| 4 | The response of British farmers to this development was to turn increasingly to specialization — dairy farming , market gardening , poultry and fruit farming . |
| 5 | The Cheltenham course was one he completed to the College 's satisfaction , and as he left as a qualified master his first thought was to return home to North London , at least for the time being . |