Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] to be take " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thought extremely clever tactics when one team pretended not to be taking part in a tournament , and only joined in late in the day when all the other knights who had been fighting since soon after sunrise were exhausted . |
| 2 | Perhaps she was playing the part of a small-town librarian but hoping not to be taken too seriously . |
| 3 | Dawn came and he , determined not to be taken prisoner , removed his brevet , stipes and badges , plus his battledress pockets , using his escape-kit knife . |
| 4 | Determined not to be taken unawares by an attack under cover of darkness , Cope 's men , on his orders , ‘ stood all night under arms ’ only to find , as dawn broke through the morning mist , that the Jacobites were attacking from a totally unexpected direction , the east , to his rear , instead of the west , to his front . |
| 5 | Although Constance was proud to be seen with Nicky and loved it when he took her out , she was determined not to be taken for granted . |
| 6 | He clenched himself against them , tightening himself , determined not to be taken unawares . |
| 7 | It was as if they 'd been ordered not to be taken alive . ’ |