Example sentences of "she [was/were] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the bus home that day , she wondered what her parents would have to say , if she were to ask them about it . |
| 2 | But how would he react if she were to tell him the truth ? she wondered distantly . |
| 3 | It crossed Cora-Beth 's mind that this girl 's feelings towards Harry might well change if she were to meet him again after an absence of two years , but she bit back her words , fearing that the suggestion , were she to make it , might put the idea into his head . |
| 4 | Even if she were to write she knew she would never post the letter . |
| 5 | If she were to marry him as he wanted , and , indeed , as her mother wanted , she would enjoy all these assets . |
| 6 | Dawn seems hostile enough already , but if she were to marry him she would take a proprietorial interest in his practice . |
| 7 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 8 | With this power and position , there existed a proper distance for her to keep , and on that evening she was to bridge it fatally ; worse , there was a strident note of comedy debasing further the shaming accident … |
| 9 | That is the last time I shall put myself at a loss or disadvantage for her , she decided , unable as she was to thank me . |
| 10 | She was to collect it from the church house in the morning . ’ |
| 11 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 12 | Charles was to play tennis with Ann and she was to let him know when she was feeling upset . |
| 13 | He kissed her again , lingeringly , as if he was as reluctant to leave her as she was to let him . |
| 14 | Happily she waved back , realising just how pleased she was to see them again and when , moments later , she climbed into the crowded bus with David behind her she was deafened by welcoming voices . |
| 15 | Unlike the others , she did n't rush to say how pleased she was to see him after all this time ; she did n't make polite small talk about Lucasta Redburn 's death . |
| 16 | Perhaps the clergyman who eventually did open the door might have been included in this category , surprised though she was to see him . |
| 17 | How happy she was to see me ! |
| 18 | She was to call him Tom from now on , he had said … she had walked him to his car after he had dropped in to see Faye over lunch . |
| 19 | Edouard knew that the more rational his arguments were , the more likely she was to resist them . |
| 20 | Once she had managed to enter that cupboard successfully without any fear or panic , she was to telephone me for another appointment . |
| 21 | And a certain party 's name was not to cross her mind , rather , if it did , she was to wipe it out with a picture of her favourite places , backed by her favourite music . |
| 22 | And then they turned to her and reminded her again how she was to handle him , no trying to make him do as she wanted , only to do as he wanted . |
| 23 | They might come and see how competent she was to run it if they chose , but short of abducting her , they could do no more than advise . |
| 24 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 25 | Thomas , how glad she was to have him here . |
| 26 | She was to tell me what she was doing and to stop as soon as she wanted to . |
| 27 | Gesturing that she was to follow him , he began to march along the path that led down the hill , and was quickly out of sight . |