Example sentences of "he [be] n't [verb] to be " in BNC.

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1 She met his determined gaze and knew that avoiding him was n't going to be easy .
2 ‘ Well I do n't believe you did and he is n't going to be able to prove it . ’
3 Although Gaumont-British also declared a loss in 1937 , of £98,000 , Balcon 's departure from the company was precipitated by the prospect of Maxwell , a man whose production philosophy he abhorred , taking a stake in the company , and a general sense that he was n't going to be able to continue the same broad-based production policy as before .
4 ‘ I realised he was n't going to be able to stop and all I could do was watch him come closer and closer to me .
5 No chances with the bus , and besides , he was n't going to be paying any more bills .
6 He was n't going to be as heavily built as his father , but was lithe and agile , and she loved to watch him going after gulls ' eggs out by Blackbottle Rocks , his long legs braced against the cliff face and the muscles in his neck and back standing out like cords as he heaved himself up over a ledge .
7 He did it because he wanted to , because he was n't going to be her victim , and because he cared very much for Arthur .
8 He was n't going to be left behind , nursing Morgan .
9 The tough slaughterman viewing the small , unimpressive figure and deciding that he was n't going to be put out of his routine by some ragged farm man .
10 He was n't going to be fobbed off by the issue of her drink either , she found .
11 So he tried to placate this man and he was n't going to be placated .
12 Normally when he and I were with girls he would be all competitive , even if he was n't meaning to be .
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