Example sentences of "n't [v-ing] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'ope you ai n't goin' to be mean , ’ said Dolly . |
| 2 | I was n't going to be greedy . |
| 3 | Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September . |
| 4 | Feeling decidedly uncomfortable at the older woman 's frosty manner , Rachel reluctantly followed her into the sitting-room hoping that David was n't going to be long . |
| 5 | Well , much as I 'd love to stay on here , I 'm afraid it is n't going to be feasible . |
| 6 | If your husband is n't going to be available until mornin' I think I 'd just as soon get some kip . |
| 7 | ‘ The point is , ’ he continued firmly , ‘ if Kemp is locked up he obviously is n't going to be available to do the job he was hired for . |
| 8 | it was n't going to be appropriate |
| 9 | And I think that the argument has been that on the whole discipline the use of discipline simply to punish drinking is n't going to be appropriate , although there may be forms of behaviour produced by excessive drinking that it 's appropriate to act against . |
| 10 | It decided me that I was n't going to be good enough to make the grade . |
| 11 | The ensuing conversation was unintelligible to Gina but it was very noticeable that her abrasive host never removed his gaze from her expectant face , as if he still harboured doubts about her purpose there , and , if his deepening frown was anything to judge from , the news was n't going to be good . |
| 12 | After the first week I came to the reluctant conclusion that Charlie Trumper was n't going to be pleased that I had sacrificed ten pounds of our money — six of his and four of mine — just to appease my female vanity . |
| 13 | After a frantic few minutes ' chase the skua realises this is n't going to be cost-effective and breaks off to look for something easier . |
| 14 | Erm er , very concerned as to what it was going to lead up to up , and hoping , you know , against hope that 's you were n't going to be involved in anything like that . |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't going to be easy , that 's all . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It is n't going to be easy , ’ Karen had remarked when she heard I was coming . |
| 17 | Alice has told me that that is n't going to be easy for Alex to organize . |
| 18 | Dodging the press was n't going to be easy and Kenneth and I did n't leave the theatre until 1.30 a.m. when the all-clear was given by the wonderfully protective theatre staff . |
| 19 | He has the freshness of hope of someone who has yet to fully experience the closed shop of London 's damagingly influential network , yet with the cynicism of one who is ready and waiting to be disillusioned , who knows that to make any impact is n't going to be easy . |
| 20 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 21 | It was up to her to try and work out a plan of escape , but without expert help that was n't going to be easy . |
| 22 | I 'm sorry , this is n't going to be easy for you , but I 've got to say it . |
| 23 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 24 | It was n't going to be easy . |
| 25 | He knew that it was n't going to be easy . |
| 26 | Raising the cash was n't going to be easy . |
| 27 | She met his determined gaze and knew that avoiding him was n't going to be easy . |
| 28 | I mean , it is n't going to be easy to make a fool of him . ’ |
| 29 | Well , she 'd known it was n't going to be easy . |
| 30 | It was n't going to be easy , arguing with someone from her inferior position , but she 'd be damned if she 'd let him speak to her like that ! |