Example sentences of "and [vb past] [not/n't] to be " in BNC.

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1 Cameron III was embarrassed by the Smash Hits following and tried not to be a teen idol , whereupon he was celebrated all the more .
2 Car lights came round a bend from that direction and seemed not to be travelling too fast .
3 It might well be that upon their selection the Roman Catholics were appraised of the atmosphere in England and advised not to be too obvious in their worship , galling though that would have been to those proud and independent men .
4 She had her revenge ; she hastily boarded their ship , leaving her belongings on the other ship , and prayed not to be sick .
5 Both the control and oxygen treated groups were similar in age , gender , bilirubin level , type and length of procedure and dose of midazolam , and proved not to be significantly different when compared by Wilcoxon 's rank-sum test ( Table I ) .
6 Like Anne , she saw the current situation as none of her business — and wished not to be seen as taking sides .
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