Example sentences of "[coord] [noun prp] was not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Philippa was n't to be allowed the time to get really depressed . |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted to see how her mind was working , ’ he said , but Lissa was not to be appeased . |
| 3 | But Harold was not to be soothed : he demanded retribution , he demanded action , not so much because of the ridicule but because at some stage in the programme it was alleged that he had made advantageous use of privileged or secret material in an improper fashion in relation to a book he was then about to publish . |
| 4 | This caused a frisson of pure terror , but Hamilton was not to be denied . |
| 5 | There were cries of ‘ oh no ’ from her neighbours , but Amanda was not to be deterred . |
| 6 | He wrote to her pleading that it was up to ‘ the young generation to rebuild what Nazism has destroyed ’ , but Edith was not to be diverted from what she believed to be her only chance of happiness . |
| 7 | Armed with his new knowledge , Huy hastened back to the centre of the capital , but Merymose was not to be found . |
| 8 | But Quigley was not to be stopped . |
| 9 | But Baldwin was not to be moved . |
| 10 | But Cinzia was not to be mollified . |
| 11 | But Florian was n't to be diverted . |
| 12 | But Lessingham was not to be discouraged . |