Example sentences of "he had [not/n't] [be] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( But there was always the sudden stab at his heart when he reasoned thus , because he had not been born to it ! ) |
| 2 | However , as Captain Robert Cunningham pointed out , as watchman Main was actually paid his £15 , while in his promoted post he had not been appointed to any port and held an appointment as tidesman at large , which meant that he was only paid when he was actually employed , and Haldane interest with the commissioners would make his tours of duty few and far between unless he experienced a timely political conversion . |
| 3 | The last time he had been in Athens , when the group that called themselves ‘ November 17th ’ had hit the Procter & Gamble offices with an anti-tank rocket , he had not been admitted to the presence of this big man . |
| 4 | Her beautiful face would have persuaded most men , including Troy if he had not been married to her , but he no longer loved her enough to agree to anything she wanted . |
| 5 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |
| 6 | At least he was n't going to pretend he had n't been talking to her . |