Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] not [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hesitated , but the mulish expression on Belinda 's face indicated that she was n't about to be fobbed off . |
| 2 | It was as if only she was not yet to be told which it was to be . |
| 3 | She was not about to be drawn into any argument with the count and she was shakily aware that any of her usual remarks would bring swift retaliation , probably spectacular aerobatics that would have her screaming and confessing madly to the sin of femininity . |
| 4 | If it was a business trip in fact , she was not about to be mistaken for the personal assistant/mistress . |
| 5 | Indirect Rulers ranked self-respect above all the other blessings they could bestow , wealth , health , and the conveniences of modern life paling by comparison , if they were not actually to be regarded as injurious . |
| 6 | It was n't really to be wondered at . |
| 7 | ( It was not finally to be absorbed as the industry 's central marketing department until 1968 . ) |
| 8 | It was not yet to be . |
| 9 | But the interior meant less — though it was not always to be so — than the grounds , the lake , the woods . |
| 10 | It was not enough to be the best in the world at your chosen sport , as Joe Davis found to his cost . |
| 11 | Andrew Andrews , a medical legal expert and legal adviser to Tunbridge Wells Health Authority , said it was not enough to be given legal powers and training . |
| 12 | He was not about to be railroaded by some impatient young woman . |