Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | How stupid she 'd been not to realise it from the start . |
| 2 | No you 're not to throw them in the air . |
| 3 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 4 | ‘ When I left my number at your office , I said that you were n't to call me during the day . |
| 5 | They do n't achieve because they have to choose , and the only way to get women achieving in a sort of relaxed way is not to force them with the choice between occupation success and families . |
| 6 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 8 | And one particularly thorough research study on boys growing up in London concluded that if a boy offends , the best way to prevent him from offending repeatedly is not to catch him in the first place ( West , 1992 : 104–11 ) ! |
| 9 | Like if I interviewed Johnny Thunders , it was n't to meet him for the first time , it was to try to save his career . ’ |