Example sentences of "we [be] not [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are not summoned to that but to the great banquet afterwards . |
| 2 | We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium . |
| 3 | When we have cares , we are not to look to pagan religious practices and philosophies for respite , but we are to be as the Apostle Peter put it ‘ Casting all your care upon him , for he careth for you . ’ |
| 4 | And at the syntactic level we are not committed to any one particular formalism , but rather can consider a number of different formalisms . |
| 5 | We are n't used to such — such hugeness . |
| 6 | We 're not referring to discreet overviews of the local naturists either ! |
| 7 | I think the only drawback in that was , it 's been discuss , that , if you are dealing with money here you are expected to be , but I ca n't see that 'll make any difference because we 're not tied to National cost at the bazaar are we ? |
| 8 | Were , we 're not attached to any sort of department , like housing or leisure , were actually in the organisation , were in the general management department and were not alone erm , the planning er originally the general manager 's department and the winners and equality unit are in that department as well and the general manager has his own erm policy , officer and secretarian , so were in the general manager 's department and in other Council 's that would be known as the Chief Executive Department . |
| 9 | But that 's a more difficult one because we 're not used to that . |
| 10 | We 're not going to that one now , cos I have n't examined your body language I 'm not really interested . |
| 11 | We no we 're not going to soft play today . |
| 12 | We were not used to large houses … . |
| 13 | We were not working to any specific set of criteria . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If we were n't tied to this bit of the country , I 'd almost think about chucking it all in and heading off somewhere different — Canada , or Australia , or South Africa . ’ |
| 15 | There 's another item of news , which erm , er Ron only got on the sixteenth August and it 's about the pre-congress pensioner 's march and rally , now the congress is held in Glasgow , so I think we were n't going to that one anyway , but it just giving details of erm the arrangements for the pensioner 's march which we usually have , we usually attend if it 's in the South anywhere , but that 's just for information . |