Example sentences of "who was [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chesara Akilles , who was to sire ten UK champions . |
| 2 | He advised his flatmate Simon Earle , who was to take 200–1 outsider Golden Fox to the 20th fence on his National debut , on the practicalities of Aintree . |
| 3 | And here , sad to relate , was more than one case — not only the theft of a jewel , but also two deaths : of the person who was to present that jewel to the Ashmolean , and of the person who was to take official receipt of such benefaction . |
| 4 | ‘ You do n't expect me to give away the tricks of the trade , do you ? ’ snapped Casey Kucharyk , who was to win Amateur Class II ( up to 5ft 9in ) . |
| 5 | And here , sad to relate , was more than one case — not only the theft of a jewel , but also two deaths : of the person who was to present that jewel to the Ashmolean , and of the person who was to take official receipt of such benefaction . |
| 6 | They were placed under the supervision of a senior student , Richard Lawrence of Birmingham , who was to have one guinea a week and board and accommodation at the expense of the College . |
| 7 | Soon after Robert 's death William was called to Cambridge to discuss the resumption of work on the unfinished King 's College chapel with Henry Smyth , clerk and surveyor of the king 's works , and John Lee , who was to become joint master mason with John Wastell [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | Gordon Coppuck , who was to build two McLarens of great distinction — the M23 and the M26 — was quiet , immensely competitive ( he had been a motorbike driver of distinction ) and utterly absorbed in solving the engineering and design problems associated with FI racing . |
| 9 | Boniface wrote to Ecgberht , archbishop of York , authorizing him to amend the letter in any way he thought desirable , and to Herefrith , a priest , who was to make known Boniface 's views to Aethelbald by reading the letter to him and explaining it — Herefrith being one to whom Aethelbald was prepared to listen . |