Example sentences of "were [verb] [pers pn] with [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If you were to compare it with a really accurate map there would be very little in common but the map achieves its aim successfully through massive simplification and artificial emphasis of the important features , in this case the stations and interchanges . |
2 | But if England and Wales were to provide them with the right context come this Saturday , Mike Teague — who has been shortening in the betting and who was integral to the Lions ' strategy under the same coach , McGeechan , in Australia in 1989 — and either Emyr Lewis or Richard Webster could win the two blindside berths . |
3 | And it would be nice if you were to provide her with a little brother or sister . ’ |
4 | Crowds were to provide him with the project that kept him busy for decades , the writing of Crowds And Power . |
5 | Cos they were replacing it with a radial , they 're transferred that stock onto the other end product number . |
6 | After confirming that I was n't taking any medication , she gave me two small white pills with a glass of water and sat me down , explaining that my Mother had been seriously burned and the pills were to help me with the shock when I saw her . |
7 | Talk was intense among the youngsters , and the young actors and actresses roaming Sunset Strip were no different to the youth of America , if not the world , in that they too were a disoriented bunch in search of idols ; Clift , Brando and Dean were providing them with a whole new repertoire of sayings , postures , stances and gestures . |
8 | If he were to read it with a less selective eye , he would benefit considerably . |
9 | Lazy-lidded grey eyes in a dark , chisel-chinned face were regarding her with an insulting trace of laughter somewhere in their depths . |
10 | To no avail : my resolution was never called for debate and another , that if the SNP were to approach us with a view to talks ( an unlikely event after the Pollok by-election ) we would not close the door , was passed by a narrow majority . |
11 | The blue eyes were studying her with an intentness she found exceedingly disconcerting . |
12 | If you were to touch him with a pin — and he 's a boy or a girl by now — he 'd move away , he feels pain . |
13 | She glared up , aware of the slight change in his tone , and saw that his eyes were scouring hers with a strange kind of intensity . |