Example sentences of "[conj] was [not/n't] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the musicians who played in the band with Buddie had once ruffled Frankie 's thick black hair and called him ‘ Smallfry ’ in a way that was not meant to be unkind . |
| 2 | The ECSC was not , and was not intended to be , that type of institution . |
| 3 | Mr Upham , 45 , was at Labour 's campaign headquarters when police broke the news to him and was not expected to be at last night 's count . |
| 4 | We were also told that the fire was started in June , and was not expected to be extinguished until the start of the rains , normally in October . |
| 5 | Clarence House said she was in ‘ very little distress ’ and was not thought to be in any danger , and her admission was purely precautionary . |
| 6 | Use in a field setting would certainly be desirable , but was not felt to be realistic at this stage because of the difficulties posed by the light , wind , rain etc . |
| 7 | The sharpening of the generalization gradient around a stimulus was in some way a consequence of the processes responsible for the formation of the S-R links but was not thought to be itself associative in nature . |
| 8 | A spokeswoman said Courtney had suffered ‘ generalised bruising ’ in the crash but was not thought to be in any danger . |