Example sentences of "he was [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor old Steven : he was n't to know that , while he had been busy trying to make grown-up movies , the trendiest kids had gone off Michael Jackson and the Ninja Turtles and transferred their allegiance to metal-headed dipsticks such as Bill and Ted , or Wayne and Garth from Wayne 's World , the year 's hotsiest hit-flick ( which comes down your way in May ) . |
| 2 | He was n't to know that the journalist he was expecting had opted to take the longer route overland rather than to fly out on Thursday . |
| 3 | ( He was not to know that Charles Olson , after next to no apprenticeship at all , would recklessly try to emulate him . ) |
| 4 | He was not to know that because she never spoke about her feelings , she could not express them on demand . |
| 5 | He was not to know that a real fear was beginning to overwhelm Sally-Anne . |
| 6 | He was not to know that those pictures appalled her , that she had never imagined herself capable of such thoughts . |
| 7 | I sat him up , and said to him in a new voice that he was not to try and move without me . |
| 8 | Ramsey afterwards felt that he was partly to blame that he and Fisher were not closer together . |
| 9 | He puts his arms round her , and insists that he was partly to blame as well . |
| 10 | Killigrew hastened to Bideford , where he was soon to meet and marry Alice , daughter of Sir Greville Hawken . |
| 11 | But he was soon to find that Tolkien had more to offer him than the chance to learn Old Norse . |
| 12 | He was about to turn and go the other way when he heard voices . |
| 13 | The officer thought he was about to urinate but then to his horror , it was claimed , he saw Magee turn and fire a pistol twice into Mr Goodman 's chest causing fatal injuries . |
| 14 | He certainly did not look as though he was about to stop and cry out , ‘ I ca n't , I ca n't eat any more ! |
| 15 | He was about to move when he remembered something . |
| 16 | He was about to continue when officials of the embassy came down the steps to greet us . |
| 17 | After crossing himself and pushing two nuns into a car , he was about to leave when Lady Antonia 's companion intervened : ‘ Excuse me Father , ’ he said , ‘ this lady is the daughter of the good Lord Longford — you know , Lord Longford — and she is making a study of the wicked usurper , Oliver Cromwell . ’ |
| 18 | He was about to leave when he was spotted by Franco who called out to him . |
| 19 | He was about to leave when the bead curtain was drawn aside and Kafy stood there . |
| 20 | He was about to leave when he froze in an awkward position midway across the room . |
| 21 | He was about to leave when Jack Carter limped in . |
| 22 | He was about to leave when Simon called out : ‘ Father ! ’ |
| 23 | He finished his cocoa as quickly as possible and he was about to leave when to his surprise Mr Grover began pulling the blind down over his shop door . |
| 24 | Paul was taken downstairs , and shown the place where he was to work ; it was a dark room with a high office stool , and a second reader was busy at a similar one ; this man was sullen , for he was about to leave and Paul would take over his job . |
| 25 | Mark is using this story to show that Jesus is the anointed one , and that , as Messiah , he was about to suffer and die . |
| 26 | He was about to add that he was supposed to be coming to dinner at her flat very soon , then wondered if that was still on , since he had been invited by Alexandra who presumably would now rather eat maggots than go anywhere with him . |
| 27 | Minutes later , 'Mill went further behind , when Andy Berry was caught by a cruel bounce as he was about to clear and the ball spun up viciously to strike his hand . |
| 28 | He was about to speak and then thought better of it . |
| 29 | He was about to speak when he noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye . |
| 30 | He was about to speak when Hazel faced him . |