Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] not to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Without the which I am not to be won , |
2 | ‘ It seems I am not to be Archdeacon of Woodborough . |
3 | " Are you saying I am not to be set up to dine with the Prince at Carlton House ? |
4 | Sir , I am not to be caught by a bait so poorly covered as this ! |
5 | I am not to be intimidated by house plants and silk ties , she thought . |
6 | I hope I am not to be cast absolutely into the outer darkness , Helen — I should find that very wretched . ’ |
7 | ‘ I 'm not to be turned into the street ? ’ |
8 | So I 'm not to be coddled like a twelve-year-old , thank you very much . |
9 | ‘ Do n't you be taken in , I 'm not to be trusted , ’ he said , noticing that his spectacles were steamed up . |
10 | ‘ If I 'm not to be allowed Mozart , why not somebody with an appropriate gloom quotient like Mahler ? |
11 | ‘ I 'm not to be bought . |
12 | ‘ I 'm not to be a pawn in your game , Benedict ! ’ |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Unfortunately I was not to be with Basil for long , for after less than a year he was appointed as Art Adviser to the West Riding . |
15 | ‘ Did I not say I was not to be disturbed ? ’ |
16 | A quarto is likely to need all of twelve inches , a folio correspondingly more , if you are not to be reduced to laying it on its side . |
17 | ‘ You do n't know how lucky you are not to be part of the system . ’ |
18 | He ignored the bluntness of the queries as he went on , ‘ Misty also says you are not to be nervous . |
19 | If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed . |
20 | If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed . |
21 | So erm , you are not to be , in any way , I mean , I 'm going to talk at you anyway , most of the afternoon unfortunately , but I do want you to respond . |
22 | For those of you having withdrawal symptoms from patch-based working , consider only how lucky you are not to be on the other kind of patch . |
23 | ‘ Now , you 're not to be cross with me , my dear , because I did n't come sooner , the truth is I wanted to come straight away but it was n't possible . |
24 | ‘ I can either trust you and allow you to take charge of the whole business , or I can decide you 're not to be trusted and take charge of things myself . |
25 | I 'll give instructions that you 're not to be disturbed . ’ |
26 | You 're not to be frightened of it you know . |
27 | No word to your mother mind , she 's not to be upset by thinking things are n't as they should be . ’ |
28 | At such times a child is required to have a very strong grip on the nature of the ‘ game ’ if she is not to be deceived — or the teacher wisely keeps coming out of role in order to establish the difference for the child . |
29 | Commenting on Lord Castlehaven 's case , he stated : ‘ Tho in marriage she hath given up her body to her husband , she is not to be by him prostituted to another . ’ |
30 | Shall we just say , she is not to be encouraged . ’ |