Example sentences of "not there [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Atkinson , cheered by 'keeper Nigel Spink agreeing a new two-year extension to his contract , has called up fit-again striker Cyrille Regis , insisting : ‘ He 's not there to be an ornament . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We are not there to be moral arbiters . ’ |
| 3 | " Oh no , " said Mrs Owen , already aware that doctors and nurses were not there to be pestered . |
| 4 | He is not there to be my friend . |
| 5 | ‘ Have you thought , ’ he said , ‘ that he might be the one who 's not there to be picked out ? ’ |
| 6 | You notice it if it 's not there to be noticed . |
| 7 | It 's not there to be broken . |
| 8 | ‘ The problem is that they are not there to be promoted . ’ |
| 9 | The Royal Family is n't there to be an object of sympathy . |