Example sentences of "were [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 2 | You know he used to see to a lot of our meals , and see that we were away to school and such-like . ’ |
| 3 | The young soldier and his girl were soon to part . |
| 4 | When he did encounter problems , remedies were easily to hand . |
| 5 | Plans were underway to re-engine the Shinden with the 1,984lb thrust Ne–130 turbojet . |
| 6 | The crew were here to film ’ Shadowlands ’ the life of C.S Lewis , who 's remembered at one of Oxford 's best-known poets and children 's writers . |
| 7 | Said fifty when you were upstairs to daddy and she said how old 's your father and I said fifty two |