Example sentences of "n't to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she was n't to be stopped . |
| 2 | When I met my husband , I knew he was the one for me , and I knew that I would have to be honest if our marriage was n't to be based on a lie . |
| 3 | But United were n't to be denied , Mike Ford 's shot was deflected across the face of the goal and there was Andy Melville to poke the ball into the corner of the net , United to continue to come forward , but continued to waste chances that came their way . |
| 4 | ‘ I told you , Mr Devereux is n't to be disturbed tonight . ’ |
| 5 | And she 'll get all I have , which is n't to be sneezed at . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I told you that one of the men on the train kept saying that Farrell needed information from me , that Farrell had said I was n't to be killed . |
| 7 | But Brian and his colleagues were n't to be defeated . |
| 8 | But no matter , for you are n't to be beaten . ’ |
| 9 | If you were n't to be turned into a zombie , a walking automaton , in the absence of other night-people , incidents had to be manufactured . |
| 10 | Dana made her intentions very clear and she was n't to be turned from her objective by the sight of Roman kissing Claudia . |
| 11 | But I 'm sorry , David , I ought n't to be bothering you with all this at such a time . |
| 12 | Now I knew that it was n't to be said . |
| 13 | But Florian was n't to be diverted . |
| 14 | But their choices remained either in the storeroom or in the window because her father had made it a rule that the window was n't to be cleared until the day before Christmas Eve . |
| 15 | I had n't to put me head out , I had n't to be seen and just er |
| 16 | Well he does n't bother to mention that the king also had an official welcome at Carfax , which was the normal place , what was known as the Penniless Bench , which was at the end of St Martin 's Church , only the of that remains at the moment , now , erm and then was presented with the traditional gift of gloves by the mayor , and the not very generous sum of £520 , and just about the same time , Alderman Nixon and 12 others who agreed with him disappeared smartly from Oxford , and were n't to be seen for the rest of the war . |
| 17 | Tried to get me and Adam away and all , but we was n't to be budged ! ’ |
| 18 | However , even after several years , his paces never regained the natural , easy , long-stepping flow they had had as a paddocked youngster ; and his personality could be kindly described as awkward , and certainly was n't to be trusted . |
| 19 | If she had n't resisted he would no doubt have made sure Peter knew at once that she was n't to be trusted ! |
| 20 | It is not only a matter of picking the right players — schedules and choosing the right programmes will also be important if we are n't to be fighting out for seventh or eighth place in Dublin . |
| 21 | In compliance with the licensing laws the children 's rehearsal was n't to be held until later in the afternoon . |
| 22 | They 'd told her , on no account was he to be allowed to cry for a feed , but that at the same time he was n't to be put to the breast unless he really wanted to . |
| 23 | Gyggle was n't to be put off by this ; instead of retreating or retrenching he suggested even more radical measures . |
| 24 | It was n't to be expected , ’ the Bishop said bitterly . |
| 25 | It … it was full of beer and it flowed over the ribbons and spoilt a hat and the mistress of the room was very angry and told Mama I had n't to be brought back again , so Mama left . ’ |
| 26 | His epistemology , I have suggested , was even in his own terms a failure , but I 've suggested also that failure is n't to be judged there in a naive way . |
| 27 | We are invited to thrill to the idea of travelling nightmares , but the essentially humorous style informs us that it is n't to be taken entirely seriously . |
| 28 | So I , I would n't to be drawn on that Royal Doulton was late into this cycle and it 's a little later than the publishing companies coming out . |
| 29 | We were still undecided when , unaccountably , I had a strong feeling that our pet was n't to be found here . |
| 30 | Typical Catholicism was n't to be found in St Peter 's , or Chartres , but in some mean , low-roofed parish church , where hideous plaster saints simpered along the wall , and the bored congregation , pressed perspiration tight into the pews , rested their fat arses on the seats , rattled their beads , fumbled for their smallest change , and scolded their children . |