Example sentences of "he [be] not [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He were n't engaged to her , she 's a married woman . |
| 2 | ‘ My son kept a diary … three weeks before he flew to Moscow he recorded that he met an Alan Millet … four days before he left he met again with Alan Millet … why now does this Alan Millet speak of our son as if he were not known to him ? |
| 3 | The clearest reflection of the way in which the full implications of Marsh 's book were not appreciated in physical geography is shown in the fact that he is not referred to in relation to the history of the study of landforms before Davis ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) , or in Explanation in Geography ( Harvey , 1969 ) , in Geography Its History and Concepts ( Holt-Jensen , 1981 ) or in Geography and Geographers : Anglo-American Human Geography ( Johnston , 1979 , 1983a ) . |
| 4 | Apart from anything else , that 'll ensure the court that he is not tempted to be involved in any similar incident in the future with is girlfriend . |
| 5 | He describes how he is not invited to a ball at Harrington but waits in the terrace garden to see ‘ Maud ’ afterwards : |
| 6 | Police said they had not yet been able to identify the man but he is not believed to be local . |
| 7 | However , he is not presumed to be financially accountable for such decisions . |
| 8 | Raconteur and raisonneur , in his art as in his personal life , he is a concealed author who is evident enough in his hotly opinionated fiction : he is not given to expounding his own passionate opinions there , but can be recognised without difficulty in almost every aspect of every one of his novels , including the speech assigned to his often disputatious characters . |
| 9 | He is not attracted to men in the least , however . |
| 10 | New Level , a white and black son of Murlens Slippy , took part in last year 's Wimbledon event when only a pup , but Johnston obviously feels he is not suited to the tight London circuit . |
| 11 | He is n't used to this , you know . ’ |
| 12 | He 's not listened to a word you 've said . |
| 13 | He 's being ruled from London , and he 's not used to that . |
| 14 | So Ernie will be very pleased to know that he 's not required to er , star this morning . |
| 15 | He 's the kind of musician he admires because he 's not confined to one kind of music and is willing to extend people 's perception of that music and that 's what he 'd like to do . |
| 16 | The man is not enjoying this , but he 's not meant to . |
| 17 | He 's not meant to be out ! |
| 18 | Got something wrong with his blood so he 's not allowed to Ricky ! |
| 19 | So , , he took on the task of er , writing the script off his own bat , he was n't appointed to it , er , but he stuck with that throughout , and erm , he stuck to his objective . |
| 20 | Time after time he defended himself from Carter , time after time the screw intervened , again and again he was n't pushed to the floor . |
| 21 | He was n't used to all this political discussion . |
| 22 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 23 | He spoke of his loneliness of heart and spirit that he was n't allowed to even talk to his love , and then , as though remembering that Rosemary had asked Leith to look after him , in his loneliness he suddenly asked Leith to have dinner with him . |
| 24 | Later at Clarissa 's theatre she wanted to know why if he was supposed to be a soldier , he was n't confined to barracks or whatever they did to recruits . |
| 25 | He was not bound to the life he seemed to lead . |
| 26 | He had never asked her to marry him , he had never even said directly and seriously ‘ I love you ’ , he was not bound to her in any way explicitly . |
| 27 | The Chief Constable had decided to dispense with his services because of a report made on the probationer constable which led the Chief Constable to believe that he was not fitted to be a member of the police force . |
| 28 | But he was not re-elected to the council in November , for by then that faction 's aims and conduct were offending the moderate majority in the House . |
| 29 | While he did not neglect the defence of the realm he was not given to fighting , believing that magic could shield Ulthuan . |
| 30 | In other words , Bukharin was cautiously calling for curbs on Stalin 's power , even if he was not referred to by name . |