Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their lot was to nuzzle their way across the sea bottom , sucking up mud and refuse through their simple circular mouths , filtering out the edible particles and expelling the rest through the slits on either side of their throats . |
| 2 | Later he was to acquire his pleasure dome , his fabled mansion , his circular bed , his non-stop room service of food , drink , movies , closed circuit television and girls from the Bunnies ' dormitory , the Xanadu of the Middle West over which he presided as Chicago 's Kubla Khan . |
| 3 | Soon after making The Public Enemy Cagney was to publicize his battle with Warner Bros over the roles he was being made to play and it became very evident that he was a shrewd and realistic businessman who perfectly understood his commercial and artistic value to the studios . |
| 4 | They had this in common : each knew what it was to kill their father : knew the reality of it in their bones . |
| 5 | The man who was to kill her mother rode calmly up the drive of the great house . |
| 6 | His first intention was to continue his philosophy studies in London University , combined with reading for the Bar : but this was soon abandoned because of his ever-growing fascination with pan-African politics . |
| 7 | The intention was to continue his career in the USA , and he was shipped to California , where , trained by Tommy Woodcock , his first target was the Agua Caliente Handicap , originally billed as the world 's richest horse race and run just over the Mexican border in Tanforan , out of reach of California 's restrictive betting legislation . |
| 8 | The substance of this report was that , almost 300 years after it had condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun , the Roman Catholic Church announced that it was to re-examine his case ‘ with full objectivity ’ . |
| 9 | But what he 'd got to do was to plan his time , and work out his priorities , by distinguishing between those tasks that are urgent and those tasks that are important . |
| 10 | The President in office was to suspend his membership of political parties , but the Constitution guaranteed freedom to political parties and public associations [ for clampdown on democratic parties see p. 39010 ] . |
| 11 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 12 | I decided to work with the market women 's organization , ASUTRAMES , because my mother had a market stall and I would help her , and because the community had taught me how important it was to claim our rights . |
| 13 | Bede 's main object in life was to transmit his knowledge in intelligible form to his contemporaries and successors , and in this he was eminently successful . |
| 14 | We approached the east landing cautiously and the cliffs awoke with bird clamour which was to assail our ears until we left . |
| 15 | And that was to tingle his bell . |
| 16 | Maclean realized that their only chance was to bluff their way out of the situation , so they set off for the main gate . |
| 17 | The easter treat for the rugby folk of Gloucester was to see their team taking on and beating the Italian side Benneton Treviso … who boasted 14 internationals and some of the best players in the world |
| 18 | Their aim was to see what incentive effects financial aid to poor families would produce . |
| 19 | The intention was to see what sorts of problems seemed to be occurring and then to create automatic procedures , where possible , for gathering further information . |
| 20 | It was the last time Cherry , 45 , was to see her common-law husband alive . |
| 21 | I was to see her years later , and talk much of Eliot , they were fellow-citizens of St Louis , Missouri , and almost of the same age . |
| 22 | ‘ One woman , very articulate — from Jersey , I think — said how wonderful it was to see her husband ! ’ |
| 23 | And what a sight it was to see them day after day , night after night , huddled in corners , crowded around drinks machines , arguing and agreeing , debating and disclaiming . |
| 24 | The second , that the only way to solve the problem on the canvas was to see its subject again in the flesh , which thought he welcomed , and went to dreams relieved of his frauds and pieties , smiling to think of having the rare thing 's face before him once again . |
| 25 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 26 | Doubtless enamoured as he was to see his name in print , I hope that now , by use of the same medium , he will understand my thoughts which I sent with equally heartfelt intensity : so where the f— was Morrissey at Finsbury Park on Sunday ? |
| 27 | Edward Kirk was to remain as Headmaster at Leeds until his death , and was to see his school grow from a small class of 6 pupils on a half-day basis into a fully-fledged school taking in boarders and day scholars with a roll of over 100 children , with a reputation second to none . |
| 28 | Nick said : ‘ When doctors told me I would n't live past Christmas , my only wish was to see my sister get married . |
| 29 | The practice of the taxpayer bank was to invest its day to day surplus holdings in foreign currencies on certificates of deposit which were issued by overseas banks agreeing to repay a fixed sum of money on a fixed date at a fixed rate of interest but which , unlike fixed deposits , were readily marketable at any time before maturity at a price which reflected the accrued interest element up to the date of sale . |
| 30 | In September 1692 he produced a Whiggish Jacobite tract in which he rehearsed all the traditional charges against William ( adding to the list the recent massacre at Glencoe ) , and argued that " If it was to preserve our Liberties from the insults of King James , we placed the Prince upon the Throne , we have certainly either mistaken the Disease or the Cure " . |