Example sentences of "was [to-vb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that could be done was to work by analogy . |
| 2 | The raiding party was to leave by air for Jalo on 11 January , but shortly before this a bedraggled group of men arrived at the base camp . |
| 3 | A notable achievement by Hughes was to negotiate by patience and persuasion the completion of the Sedgwick Museum as a memorial to his predecessor , and to move the collections into this building . |
| 4 | Thus , where a covenant in a lease provided for the payment of rent in advance , the tenant was not entitled to prove an antecedent oral agreement under which he was to pay by way of bill of exchange maturing some time after tender ( Henderson v Arthur [ 1907 ] 1 KB 10 ) . |
| 5 | On Tuesday Tony was to travel by train due to leave Machynlleth for Pwllheli at about 9.45 a.m. , after an early breakfast . |