was to
+ infinitive
Deset let je síce dlouhá doba, ale ten časový odstup na odpovědi nic
nemění. 🙂
He didn't know that he was never to see her again. Nevěděl, že ji
již nikdy neuvidí. (Nebylo mu to už dáno) Vazba
BE + infinitiv (HFE)
More ways of saying the same thing:
He didn't know that …
- he would never see her again
- he was never going to see her again
- he was destined never to see her again
- it was preordained
that he would never see her again
- it was written in the stars that he would never see her again
- he was fated never to see
her again
Pocházel z Francie a bylo mu souzeno, aby se
na samém konci druhé světové války ocitl, smrtelně vyčerpaný,
v severních Čechách ve Skalici u České Lípy. (dvojka)
He came from France and (he) was to / would find himself fatally exhausted at the very end of
the Second World War …