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 . ’
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