Example sentences of "was come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The regiment was to come under the Director of Military Operations who would exercise control through a new department to be known as G ( Raiding Forces ) ( G(RF) ) . |
| 2 | Worse was to come with the news that the gentleman had brought no valet , his usual man having fallen ill . |
| 3 | He was also proud to announce that the Barnes Wallis Collection was to come to the Museum and would make a major exhibition . |
| 4 | So Lilian was informed that she was to come to the dentist for an examination . |
| 5 | After Jesus feeds the Five Thousand the crowd respond by declaring , ‘ Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world ! ’ |
| 6 | When Professor Tidy sat down , worse was to come for the defendants , as a plethora of witnesses placed every permutation of the four in or about the vicinity at various times that evening . |
| 7 | Which duty would prevail if a dispute was to come before the courts ? |
| 8 | In Canada , Siberia , and the Far East , in the trans-Andean regions of Latin America and in Africa , the heroic building period was to come in the years when the railways stood on the threshold of being overtaken by new transportation developments , the internal combustion engine and later the aeroplane . |
| 9 | This set would be just a taste of what was to come in the wedding dower , a tantalising taste of the jewels that would eventually be showered on the bride . |
| 10 | There was plenty , not about the past but what was to come in the future . |
| 11 | So within a few days of his grudging acceptance by his parliamentary colleagues , Law 's leadership was ratified by the throng of party notables at Leeds ; here he received a reception more typical of what was to come in the future . |
| 12 | The general reaction among his staff was stunned silence , then surprise at the extent of the change and suspicion over what was to come in the future . |
| 13 | Since I find novelists tend to say it better than sociologists , let me quote from one who seems to have anticipated a good deal of what was to come after the period when we had never had it so good : |
| 14 | From its first policy statement it was clear that the initiatives for college courses and development was to come from the institutions themselves . |
| 15 | Her chief satisfaction was to come from the friends she later made from the worlds of music , art and literature . |
| 16 | After she and John had done so much to guard against the enemy without , the fatal wound was to come from the friend within . |
| 17 | Given the wide diversity of views within the Council about the nature of economic cooperation , let alone its political implications , it was not surprising that if anything positive was to come from the idea , it would be little more than a minimalist option . |
| 18 | Barbara insisted that in keeping with the period the only light was to come from the candles , which flickered romantically from the walls and the three Bohemian crystal chandeliers on the ceiling . |
| 19 | Luke and Sonny knew he was coming on the afternoon train ; they should have been waiting at the railway station with the horse and trap . |
| 20 | No , no , I come in the car , I was coming on the bus when I had this bloke next door doing some work like , I used to go out with him years ago , so he come in and had a cup of tea , I said , come in about half past eleven went home at one , he come |
| 21 | He was coming to the edge of the platform . |
| 22 | The Merseyside convener was aware that President Nate Cocello was coming to the UK for talks with British and European management . |
| 23 | Anthony 's usual animosity was coming to the fore . |
| 24 | The Gay Centre in Glasgow was deteriorating socially , so much so that it was coming to the state where women and others were feeling oppressed by the atmosphere created by insensitive youths who seemed to believe the Centre , including the back room ( our only meeting-place ) , was their seven-nights-a-week preserve . |
| 25 | He saw that Monsieur Hulot 's Holiday was coming to the cinema this weekend . |
| 26 | This was not much of a promise , and Acheson himself was coming to the view that the British deserved some further reassurance . |
| 27 | I have n't seen him for e he was coming to the shop now and again , so he was . |
| 28 | She was coming to the end of months on the barren atoll of Pity Me when she heard the moth rattle against her window , between tacked-up scarlet and black batik fabric and the glass . |
| 29 | I think he was coming to the end of his management with Les Conn at the time . |
| 30 | It was clear , too , that Kanhai , who had taken over the leadership from Sobers , was coming to the end of his career and that whoever took over from him would have the opportunity for an extended run in the job if he were successful . |