Example sentences of "but this was not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William Pitt , First Earl of Chatham , should have had pall-bearers equal in rank to himself , but this was not to be and in a letter written in 1778 following the funeral in Westminster Abbey , the nineteen-year-old Pitt the Younger said to his mother , ‘ The Court did not honour us with their countenance , nor did they suffer the procession to be as magnificent as it ought ; but it had , notwithstanding everything essential to the great object , the attendance being most remarkable . |
| 2 | It was reasonable to assume that , this time around he would stun the outside world with a similar manoeuvre , but this was not to be . |
| 3 | CF–DRD was retired from service in 1984 , but this was not to be the end of this particular Norseman 's fame . |
| 4 | He did advocate penal servitude as a punishment for certain offences , but this was not to be served in prison . ) |
| 5 | But this was not to be the case . |
| 6 | But this was not to be , and the new structure made district-country relationships even more crucial to the smooth working of the planning system . |
| 7 | But this was not to be Coleraine 's day and in injury time striker McWalter , who had earlier been cautioned for dissent , was sent off following a challenge on keeper Devine . |