Example sentences of "[was/were] not go [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They were not going to be involved in what he did .
2 ‘ We felt that if she was going to turn on those sort of tactics we were not going to be gentlemanly about it , and that she should just get on and do the job . ’
3 But from the beginning I sensed that things were n't going to be easy , not for any of us .
4 Erm er , very concerned as to what it was going to lead up to up , and hoping , you know , against hope that 's you were n't going to be involved in anything like that .
5 I only hoped , as the sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool , that I was not going to be obliged to use it .
6 It looked as if strangling her was not going to be possible .
7 It was not going to be possible to keep from Olga the information that her son had suddenly become quite a well-to-do youngster , though he had warned Hank on no account to tell her how much he had made out of his book .
8 It was not going to be long , I reflected , before I made my contribution to discussions in 24 Stranraer Gardens via a Ouija board .
9 I was not going to be one of those mothers who cried , and I did n't . '
10 She was not going to be one of a group .
11 The only evening dress she had brought with her was the colour of well-polished copper , which added a little colour to her pale complexion , but it was not going to be warm enough and so she took the mink that had been part of her trousseau from the wardrobe and slung it around her shoulders .
12 It was not going to be simple , finding Céline … .
13 I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position .
14 Perhaps everything was not going to be better .
15 ‘ Well , touring with Fleetwood Mac seemed like something that was not going to be much of a pleasure for me .
16 No , it really was not going to be much fun being married to a politician .
17 But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure .
18 It was not going to be such an easy day , after all .
19 Vitor might be her weak spot , but she was not going to be weak .
20 I was not only able to review social security , I had the opportunity as a politician of implementing the changes — always provided I could get the support of my colleagues , of course , and that was not going to be easy .
21 But it was not going to be easy ; some few years after Malmesbury 's comments another accredited diplomat noted à propos of an evening at the Tuileries :
22 Commissioner for Agriculture it became clear to him that the task ahead was not going to be easy .
23 It was not going to be easy to get any other candidate , and it was at the same time impossible to let the seat go by default .
24 Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre .
25 One way or the other , the task she had set herself was not going to be easy !
26 It was not going to be easy , working here under the icy wash of Rourke 's disapproval .
27 From the start I knew that finding Domitila Barrios de Chungara and Higon Cussi was not going to be easy .
28 This was not going to be another dull Sunday afternoon .
29 She opened the door to the drawing-room , hoping there was not going to be another scene .
30 It was not going to be safe out on the streets .
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