Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [was/were] [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dana made her intentions very clear and she was n't to be turned from her objective by the sight of Roman kissing Claudia . |
| 2 | This was part of the good life , and they were not to be denied it . |
| 3 | The men 's feelings were not so well defined and they were not to be diverted from their search for tea . |
| 4 | She was no longer angry , and he was not to be thrashed for spying on her and Tom Fish . |
| 5 | If they went to the house and saw him move into the door , they 'd turn out the family , look everywhere and he was not to be found . |
| 6 | As Dorothy Hardisty wrote in her journal , ‘ … such failures exist where so great an upheaval has taken place , and it was not to be expected that the Movement 's records should be free from shadows . ’ |
| 7 | He looked wise and solemn when he said this , because he knew that ladies — even sorceress 's daughters — had their own ideas about what they ought to wear and it was not to be supposed that Flame would be any different . |