Example sentences of "were [to-vb] them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I believe that we would get on better with our men ; we would have less friction and less legislation if we were to meet them round the table and discuss mutual affairs with them in a suitable manner . |
| 3 | It is significant , and ironic , that their twentieth-century successors were to define them as an ‘ intellectual aristocracy ’ . |
| 4 | Then , scientists were to puncture them in the leg with a large hypodermic to extract a sample of muscle tissue . |
| 5 | Copies were to be sent to all sheriffs , who were to publish them to the people ; others were to be kept in all cathedral churches and read twice a year . |