Example sentences of "[not/n't] to be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These dreams tend not to be about sudden drops or stumbles , but of long drops from high buildings or down deep holes , ending in collisions with the ground , or perhaps with miraculously soft landings . |
| 2 | I mean , Helen Burn 's plea here is not to be to eager for retribution to come in this life , but trust to it erm |
| 3 | ‘ In the end it was not to be for Donal but hopefully one day they will find a cure . ’ |
| 4 | The overlap between tort and contract should be looked for particularly in problems involving the negligent carriage of passengers by rail , road or sea , and the sale ( or repair ) of goods or houses that turn out not to be of merchantable quality or reasonably fit and that cause physical injury to the buyer ( or owner ) . |
| 5 | An obvious possibility was forsc = frog , but the combination with ‘ enclosure ’ appeared not to be over logical . |
| 6 | And what I find interesting is that it 's the sheer vitality of the English sound — it 's not just the Liverpool sound , it 's the English sound — the vitality , the sensuality , the letting one 's hair down quality , that is exactly what the Continentals admired in Dunstable , and strangely enough in a way what Elgar 's got — this incredible sort of desire not to be over formal and to break down certain formal barriers which seems to be so characteristic of English music . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all wrong , ’ said the woman , ‘ they ought not to be in white homes . |
| 8 | Elaine gets a lot more help than many disabled people , and some would say she is lucky not to be in residential care . |