Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [not/n't] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was said not to be very strong . |
| 2 | He was determined not to be done out of his bones at the end of the feast . |
| 3 | The tsar still shared Nesselrode 's view that the Turkish regime should be kept alive as long as possible , but he was determined not to be caught napping if the health of the " sick man of Europe " broke down irrevocably . |
| 4 | The position of a shareholder in a brewer 's business was discussed in Braithwaite 's Trs. v. Linlithgow Justices ( Scotsman , January 27 , 1909 ) , and he was held not to be a partner for the purposes of a similar provision . |
| 5 | On the other hand , where a landlord was entitled to determine a lease for " building sites or planting or other purposes " , he was held not to be entitled to determine it for the purpose of constructing a sports stadium ( Coates v Diment [ 1951 ] 1 All ER 890 ) . |