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Tieuvy Posted 19 years ago
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to be to do sth

0 I wonder if you here could give me an idea of the meaning of this sentence:02br
00- Money 01b00that was to have been sent on buying a new house02b00 has been taken back to fix up the old one.0-
  

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02br 02br 00 was to have been sent 01font 00which was intended/planned to be sent02br 02br 00 They kept the money for fixing up the old house. 02br 02br 02br 02font 00 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02br 02br 00 was to have been sent 01font 00which was intended/planned to be sent02br 02br 00 They kept the money for fixing up the old house.
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0 Money 01b00that was to have been sent 01font00for02font00 buying a new house02b00 has been taken back to fix up the old one.02br
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00 was to have been sent 01font00which was intended/planned to be sent02br
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00 They kept the money for fixing up the o
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0 Thank you for explain to me a new structure of English grammar.02br
00Another problem, why is it said that "01b00to be to blame for sth02b00" is equivalent to "01b00to be blamed for sth02b00"?0-
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0 John is to blame for that mistake. 01i00means 02i00The mistake is John's fault. He should be criticised for it.02br
00John has been blamed for making that mistake. 01i00means02i00 John has been criticised for making that mistake.0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Money 11b10that was to have been sent 11font10for12font10 buying a new house12b10 has been taken back to fix up the old one.12br
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10 was to have been sent 11font10which was intended/planne
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01cite10Tieuvy12cite10Thank you for explain to me a new structure of English grammar.12br
10Another problem, why is it said that "11b10to be to blame for sth12b10" is equivalent to "11b10to be blamed for sth12b10"?12br
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10No, 01i01
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01cite10Tieuvy12cite10I wonder if you here could give me an idea of the meaning of this sentence:12br
10- Money 11b10that was to have been sent on buying a new house12b10 has been taken back to fix up the old one.12br
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10Is it possible that this was 01i00
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