Example sentences of "it [vb mod] not be [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instinct told her that he was planning something for her and it might not be to her liking . |
| 2 | He told me not to talk about the matter outside as it might not be to his interests if the facts were made generally known . ’ |
| 3 | That way — or so she said — it would be protected in a way it could n't be on its own , because the group had so many different irons in the fire . |
| 4 | It could n't be for my uncle 's charms , or could it ? |
| 5 | ‘ But this is absurd , it would n't be about my work … ’ |
| 6 | with good people at the head of them like Miss Temple , erm , then , th th it would n't be on its own . |
| 7 | That , it would n't be on my list of priorities , but for Colin , woof , he was drooling over it , orgasmic , I think he said , or whatever it was , it would n't be what you said , alright to drive it . |
| 8 | The NCC concedes that ‘ although a statutory levy would bring extra resources for money advice , it would not be without its costs . |
| 9 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 10 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 11 | ‘ It is very sad , because the service is badly needed , but it would not be worth our while . ’ |
| 12 | The TEC had more than 100 contracts with training providers , and it would not be in their interest to have such details publicly disclosed . |
| 13 | Even if he could , it would not be in his ( agricultural ) interest to do so anyway . |
| 14 | It would not be in our interests to set up new defence structures that would undermine the role of NATO in safeguarding our defence . |
| 15 | Not out of any love or loyalty for me , but because it would not be in your interests to do so … ’ |
| 16 | When I die it will not be by my own hand , but fighting for my country . ’ |
| 17 | Fighting , he says , is ‘ the real , highest , honestest business of every son of man ’ and he advises ‘ those young persons whose stomachs are not strong , or who think a good set-to with the weapons which God has given to us all , an uncivilized , unchristian , or ungentlemanly affair , just skip this chapter at once , for it wo n't be to their taste ’ . |
| 18 | So long as the Crown maintains armed forces for the defence of the realm , it can not be in its interest that any part of them should be immobilised . |