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 not to be put off easily . |
| 3 | But she was not to be beguiled . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But he was not to be deflected . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But it is not to be ’ , said a disappointed Don Watson , chairman of the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But it 's not to be confused with … |
| 14 | There will be a price to be paid , but it 's not to be undertaken at any price . |
| 15 | But it was not to be quite as he had hoped either . |
| 16 | But it was not to be a happy underwater sampling session . |
| 17 | The solution could have been an amicable one but it was not to be so . |
| 18 | But it was not to be . |
| 19 | But it was not to be . |
| 20 | Before they set off last year , Aileen hoped to raise the ambitious total of £30,000 needed to pay for two extra domiciliary workers at the Trust headquarters at Great Bookham — but it was not to be . |
| 21 | She had fervently hoped to be taken to the sergeant with the kindly expression and ruddy cheeks , or one of the men in the trailer , but it was not to be . |
| 22 | All week I prayed for a miracle , but it was not to be |
| 23 | I prayed for a miracle all week but it was not to be . ’ |
| 24 | But it was not to be like that . |
| 25 | But it was not to be . |
| 26 | But it was not to be . |
| 27 | But it was not to be . |
| 28 | But it was not to be . |
| 29 | Always optimistic , Anne felt sure that now that she would see him regularly at the dance , she would soon find out how he 268 really felt about her , but it was not to be . |
| 30 | But it was not to be for long . |