Example sentences of "[was/were] to come [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Largely due to Bernard , they were to come to the forefront of politics and to find a place within the papal court . |
| 2 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 3 | The rewards of this parliamentary victory were to come with the defeat of the French armies in 1870 , but at the time opponents of the Emperor saw only a means of forcing him further along the path of change . |
| 4 | Morel 's even-handed appeal to ‘ artisans ’ and ‘ industrialists , quickly gave way to the belief that ‘ if any radical changes were to come in the system of intercourse between states … the driving force must come from the organisations of labour . ’ |
| 5 | The regiment was to come under the Director of Military Operations who would exercise control through a new department to be known as G ( Raiding Forces ) ( G(RF) ) . |
| 6 | Worse was to come with the news that the gentleman had brought no valet , his usual man having fallen ill . |
| 7 | He was also proud to announce that the Barnes Wallis Collection was to come to the Museum and would make a major exhibition . |
| 8 | So Lilian was informed that she was to come to the dentist for an examination . |
| 9 | After Jesus feeds the Five Thousand the crowd respond by declaring , ‘ Surely this is the Prophet who was to come into the world ! ’ |
| 10 | When Professor Tidy sat down , worse was to come for the defendants , as a plethora of witnesses placed every permutation of the four in or about the vicinity at various times that evening . |
| 11 | Which duty would prevail if a dispute was to come before the courts ? |
| 12 | In Canada , Siberia , and the Far East , in the trans-Andean regions of Latin America and in Africa , the heroic building period was to come in the years when the railways stood on the threshold of being overtaken by new transportation developments , the internal combustion engine and later the aeroplane . |
| 13 | This set would be just a taste of what was to come in the wedding dower , a tantalising taste of the jewels that would eventually be showered on the bride . |
| 14 | There was plenty , not about the past but what was to come in the future . |
| 15 | So within a few days of his grudging acceptance by his parliamentary colleagues , Law 's leadership was ratified by the throng of party notables at Leeds ; here he received a reception more typical of what was to come in the future . |
| 16 | The general reaction among his staff was stunned silence , then surprise at the extent of the change and suspicion over what was to come in the future . |
| 17 | Since I find novelists tend to say it better than sociologists , let me quote from one who seems to have anticipated a good deal of what was to come after the period when we had never had it so good : |
| 18 | From its first policy statement it was clear that the initiatives for college courses and development was to come from the institutions themselves . |
| 19 | Her chief satisfaction was to come from the friends she later made from the worlds of music , art and literature . |
| 20 | After she and John had done so much to guard against the enemy without , the fatal wound was to come from the friend within . |
| 21 | Given the wide diversity of views within the Council about the nature of economic cooperation , let alone its political implications , it was not surprising that if anything positive was to come from the idea , it would be little more than a minimalist option . |
| 22 | Barbara insisted that in keeping with the period the only light was to come from the candles , which flickered romantically from the walls and the three Bohemian crystal chandeliers on the ceiling . |