Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] to [be] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when Strawberry reached under the seat and produced the first bottle of an apparently endless supply of Star Tiger rice spirit we realised it was not going to be that kind of adventure . |
| 2 | It does not have to be that way . |
| 3 | But it does n't have to be that way . |
| 4 | But it did n't have to be that way , when you were in love . |
| 5 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 6 | In the short story there does n't seem to be that kind of time — for the characters to digest and integrate the surprise into their lives . |