Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [be] not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But she was n't to be stopped . |
| 3 | But she was not to be put off easily . |
| 4 | But she was not to be beguiled . |
| 5 | Tried to get me and Adam away and all , but we was n't to be budged ! ’ |
| 6 | They are human , and are acknowledged to be , they can think but they are not to be acknowledged as authoritative , and if their presence demands such acknowledgement , they are bad women who should have been taught to hide or repress such demands . |
| 7 | Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered . |
| 8 | In all , Hughes missed four clear chances but he was not to be denied and his 11th goal of the season came after 41 minutes . |
| 9 | But he was not to be deflected . |
| 10 | Alum Pot is a fitting end to this chapter on Ingleborough , but it is not to be inferred that the words and photographs adequately describe the manifold attractions of this wonderful mountain ; literally they only touch the surface and do not probe the dark secrets beneath . |
| 11 | The object of the executors ' year is to protect the personal representatives from demands for immediate payment but it is not to be relied on to cover undue delay in dealing with the estate . |
| 12 | That may be the way the world does its business , but it is not to be the way the Lord 's people should do theirs . |
| 13 | But it is not to be ’ , said a disappointed Don Watson , chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union . |
| 14 | You can pull this stunt on an MFM drive but it is n't to be recommended . |
| 15 | The neck is bowed out of shape already , which , in truth , could happen to any bass , but it 's not to be expected from an instrument with virtually zero miles on the clock , and these initial impressions are important to anyone considering an investment . |
| 16 | But it 's not to be confused with … |
| 17 | There will be a price to be paid , but it 's not to be undertaken at any price . |
| 18 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 19 | But it was n't to be : he knocked the putt by about 3 feet and then pulled the one coming back wide and finished up shooting a 63 . |
| 20 | But it was n't to be and as a result we now have fewer engineers and probably fewer skilled people in industry than ever before : crumbly foundations to build upon if it is going to be built along the old traditional lines . |
| 21 | But it was n't to be the for the friendship with Tiny that my father got to have the rattling good supper that that they provided in in in the servants room . |
| 22 | But it was n't to be and within a minute Stoke were level . |
| 23 | The start of the second half promised an exciting come back after Whelan scored , but it was n't to be : Leeds ' play became increasingly frenetic and desperate , and Sunderland players kept going over like someone in the crowd was working them over with a machine gun . |
| 24 | But it was n't to be . |
| 25 | But it was n't to be . |
| 26 | ‘ If I could have got my nose in front again maybe I could have twisted it round but it was n't to be . ’ |
| 27 | But it was n't to be . |
| 28 | But it was not to be quite as he had hoped either . |
| 29 | But it was not to be a happy underwater sampling session . |
| 30 | The solution could have been an amicable one but it was not to be so . |