Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |
| 2 | I am not accustomed to be kept waiting . " |
| 3 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 4 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 5 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 6 | I am not ashamed to be regarded as sympathetic to the anxieties of those whom life appears to be treating harshly . |
| 7 | I suppose you could take me out somewhere nice for dinner , but I 'm not fit to be seen anywhere nice . |
| 8 | If I ca n't do something that simple then I 'm not worthy to be called your partner ’ |
| 9 | I 'm not likely to be able to make a run for it . |
| 10 | I 'm not supposed to be out . |
| 11 | ‘ And I 'm not supposed to be here . |
| 12 | First we had the idea of a desk , but I 'm not supposed to be a bank manager . |
| 13 | I 'm not supposed to be interested , is it ? |
| 14 | I 'm not supposed to be here at all . |
| 15 | I 'm not supposed to be eating very much for lunch so . |
| 16 | Well I 'm not supposed to be telling you it anyway ! . |
| 17 | You know , when I 'm not supposed to be out and I 'll come in at ten thirty when all the others and they do n't say anything . |
| 18 | I 'm a racer , and I 'm not prepared to be second best unless forced to . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not ashamed to be excited at the discovery that I have relatives in this world after all . |
| 20 | I was not unhappy to be sitting opposite an attractive lady from Coll and there was only one person I knew of who lived on Coll . |
| 21 | ‘ I was not wont to be a married woman , and now a widowed woman . |
| 22 | Unfortunately I was not able to be present at the actual service in January 1947 . |
| 23 | The Palau Constitution , by way of contrast , has specific limitations on the subject-matter of international agreements which are not open to be undermined by evasive reasoning . |
| 24 | Though father William probably invented the technique , it was his son James who , in 1785 , took out a patent for his ‘ new invention of Embellishing books bound in vellum , by making drawings on the vellum which are not liable to be defaced but by destroying the vellum itself . ‘ |
| 25 | A second-hand car which is not safe to be driven on the road ( for example because the brakes are in such a state that they would fail if the driver had to carry out an emergency stop ) is clearly not of merchantable quality , Lee v. York Coach and Marine ( 1977 C.A. ) — unless of course the car was only sold for scrap . |
| 26 | It is a sad fact that a number of adult dogs obtained from rescue organizations are returned because of this type of problem , which is not likely to be apparent when the dog is chosen . |
| 27 | The Boards provided £5 million for research , which was not due to be completed until 1988 . |
| 28 | German doctors at a university hospital in Bavaria planned to keep the unnamed brain-dead woman 's body functioning for the sake of the child , which was not due to be born until next April . |
| 29 | I had arrived for my first meeting with the North Downs Steam Railway which is managed by a friendly group of enthusiasts who are not prepared to be put off by a drop of rain , even if it was one of the heaviest storms of the summer . |
| 30 | Students who are not able to be present are admitted to their degrees in absentia . |