Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [not/n't] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not here to be a dolly , dabbing his temples with eau de cologne and picking up his wife 's laundry . |
| 2 | I can look at things straight and put things across straight — I 'm not here to be liked . |
| 3 | I 'm not here to be flattered I want to be the oldest . |
| 4 | Mr Chairman , we we were interested in buying House , so I think I 'm not necessarily to be found erm , |
| 5 | You may be worried about other body fluids like spit or piss , but HIV is only ever found in these in very small amounts which are n't enough to be infectious . |
| 6 | He had not said , Frankly , Peter , you are not up to being Archdeacon , he had instead emphasized the need for someone from outside the diocese , for someone with ecumenical experience in urban work , for someone accustomed to ministerial care . |
| 7 | You 're not here to be brave . |
| 8 | ‘ We are not here to be dumped on , Lucker . |
| 9 | ‘ We are not there to be moral arbiters . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The problem is that they are not there to be promoted . ’ |
| 11 | Now it would seem that they are not only to be denied an increase , but also to be faced with a reduction . |
| 12 | But they are not only to be seen on the street but within the mind 's eye itself : the mental set has changed in the post-1960 years of unprecedented exposure to visual imagery . |
| 13 | But they are not all to be interpreted literally : in some the imagery is conventional , in others the self-abasement is ironic . |
| 14 | They 're not always to be trusted in the long term , you know . ’ |