Example sentences of "it was [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he next spoke it was to ask the forgiveness of anyone present whom he had unwittingly wronged during his ministry in Krishnapur . |
| 2 | It was interesting to note how difficult it was to ask the questions as well as answer them . |
| 3 | In the colonial courts payments were not made to the judge , but to witnesses , court officials and lawyers whose task it was to manipulate the evidence placed before the judge in order to produce an outcome favourable to the client . |
| 4 | He would have understood , too , the presence at Norman and Angevin courts of clerks whose function it was to extol the deeds of their princes . |
| 5 | It was to inaugurate the movement of the freedmen from the private and irresponsible authority of master or steward to proper restraint under judicial power . |
| 6 | Although at first sight the Bull-Leaping Fresco found in the cellars of the Labyrinth 's East Wing seems in its present reconstruction to show , on the left , a bull-leaper waiting to be hoisted into the air , the figure is in fact a bull-grappler and represents a group of two , three or four grapplers whose job it was to pad the horns , keep the bull 's head low and the rest of its body still during the leap . |
| 7 | The first time it was to stop the defence counsel from questioning her about her sexual history , the second time it was to stop Anderson referring to the victim by her last name , as if talking about a defendent . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you see , it was to stop the — pardon ? ’ said Dorcas . |
| 9 | Dickens knew at first hand from his own childhood what it was to live the life of the poor . |
| 10 | On Nov. 25 the new coalition government announced that it was to close the prison in the north-western town of Eskisehir where human rights groups had alleged that torture of political prisoners took place . |
| 11 | ‘ What 's so funny ? ’ said Lucifer 's daughter ( whose job it was to foot the ladder ) . |
| 12 | It was to examine the structure , organization , training and regulation of the legal profession and to recommend those changes that would be desirable in the interests of justice . |
| 13 | It was to examine the amendments and the additional provisions that were required in the Committee 's report which , the House will recall , was published in June of last year . |
| 14 | The office was linked to , but separate from , that of Chief Huntsman ( Grand Veneur ) , whose staff consisted of Captains and Lieutenants resplendent in green and gold , whose duty it was to organize the Imperial hunts , particularly — during the autumn season — those which were held at Compiègne . |
| 15 | Later on during the same meeting I was attached to another working group whose task it was to revise the standard format of what was then called the ‘ Summary of the Report ’ . |
| 16 | He 's not from our way but John Reynolds of Swindon is … and he 's the man who 's job it was to string the champion 's rackets … here 's Erika Barnes to serve |
| 17 | In his view , it was the Resident , and the Resident alone , whose task it was to guide the emir along the path of material progress — if such indeed were deemed to be desired . |
| 18 | We erm we had a letter through but it was to test the boilers , because . |
| 19 | In both cases the shock had to be overwhelming and painful in the extreme if it was to generate the civilizing consequences of respect for , and maintenance of , the great taboos of civilization . |
| 20 | This was the most fundamental fact about the movies in Britain and America and it was to remain the most important fact throughout the great years of the cinema 's hegemony . |
| 21 | His mission , in so far as it was to reconcile the Nationalists and Communists , was a failure and indeed could hardly have been expected to be otherwise . |
| 22 | It was to magnify the buildings and their symbolism . |
| 23 | Once changes have been made it is just as important to observe the modified unit in action as it was to conduct the initial trials . |
| 24 | He said there was a person , famous throughout the land , whose job it was to visit the halls where films were being shown and to describe the films to the local people . |
| 25 | It was to join the Brownies |
| 26 | Endless cups of coffee helped a bit but what a relief it was to see the first pale streaks of dawn creeping across the sky . |
| 27 | They made friends with the families who stayed and who bought milk and eggs from them , and they said more than once how good it was to see the lights on across the river again . |
| 28 | When I looked up at last , it was to see the near cliffs bright with the afternoon sun , and the sea creaming calmly against the storm beach in the gentlest of high tides . |
| 29 | Last time it was to see the new designs at the boutique . |
| 30 | It was to take the information from the patients ' records , their age , diagnosis , treatment etc . |