Example sentences of "[adv] was not [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boyfriend , who suddenly was not allowed to be involved in these discussions at all , talked to his girlfriend and they were married by special licence . |
| 2 | He said this kindly , as if he meant it as a tip she could use on her next date — which obviously was not going to be with him . |
| 3 | The presence of columnar epithelium of the gastric type only was not considered to be Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 4 | No , it really was not going to be much fun being married to a politician . |
| 5 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 6 | Commissioner for Agriculture it became clear to him that the task ahead was not going to be easy . |