Example sentences of "were [adv] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all his arguments were entirely to the point , but he produced a confident and humorous speech . ’ |
| 2 | Abuse , suggestions of courses of action for me to follow that are physically and technologically impossible were much to the fore . |
| 3 | Sh she pays me fifty pounds , she rang me up she were away to a funeral |
| 4 | My father 's nightly trips across the river were usually to the Colbert in Sheffield [ built around the time of Pearl Harbour , half a block from the Ritz , today a parking lot ] and the Tuscumbian [ built in 1950 , a block from the Strand , today part of a bank ] . |
| 5 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
| 6 | To dismiss what happened as the Labour Party merely showing its true colours , does not explain why Labour actually supported legislation which was immediately condemned by many who were considerably to the right of Labour 's quite-right-enough Deputy Leader , Roy Hattersley . |