Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [was/were] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has no time for interfering adults , but I was not to be daunted ; I stuck to him until I saw for myself that he had no methods and did not teach , or rather , did not impose . |
| 2 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 3 | But she was n't to be stopped . |
| 4 | But she was not to be put off easily . |
| 5 | But she was not to be beguiled . |
| 6 | He had been searching for Morthen , to protect her from his violent half-brother , but she was nowhere to be found . |
| 7 | Tried to get me and Adam away and all , but we was n't to be budged ! ’ |
| 8 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 9 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 10 | Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered . |
| 11 | But they were only to be offered upon condition that this created no precedent . |
| 12 | That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job . |
| 13 | Sid James had n't made a picture since the one that was without the Williams credit , Cabby , but he was soon to be almost a fixture on the set , playing parts as stereotyped as Ken 's . |
| 14 | She looked round for Leo , but he was nowhere to be seen . |
| 15 | But he was nowhere to be seen . |
| 16 | In all , Hughes missed four clear chances but he was not to be denied and his 11th goal of the season came after 41 minutes . |
| 17 | But he was not to be deflected . |
| 18 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 19 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 20 | But it was n't to be : he knocked the putt by about 3 feet and then pulled the one coming back wide and finished up shooting a 63 . |
| 21 | But it was n't to be and as a result we now have fewer engineers and probably fewer skilled people in industry than ever before : crumbly foundations to build upon if it is going to be built along the old traditional lines . |
| 22 | But it was n't to be the for the friendship with Tiny that my father got to have the rattling good supper that that they provided in in in the servants room . |
| 23 | But it was n't to be and within a minute Stoke were level . |
| 24 | The start of the second half promised an exciting come back after Whelan scored , but it was n't to be : Leeds ' play became increasingly frenetic and desperate , and Sunderland players kept going over like someone in the crowd was working them over with a machine gun . |
| 25 | But it was n't to be . |
| 26 | But it was n't to be . |
| 27 | ‘ If I could have got my nose in front again maybe I could have twisted it round but it was n't to be . ’ |
| 28 | But it was n't to be . |
| 29 | But it was not to be quite as he had hoped either . |
| 30 | But it was not to be a happy underwater sampling session . |