Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that you have edited the school magazine does n't necessarily fit you to be an advertising writer , even though a feeling of familiarity with words is a good thing . |
| 2 | You ca n't feel benevolent and sympathetic , you ca n't just want everything to be nice , as if Jack were a child , and as if I were a child . |
| 3 | ‘ Lions do n't generally allow themselves to be dictated to . ’ |
| 4 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 5 | Yeah , everyone was going on at how rough they are , I mean you ca n't as I 've said before you ca n't exactly expect them to be super models . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , yeah , but they do n't exactly consider you to be the greatest thing since sliced bread , now do they ? ’ she opined . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't possibly allow myself to be happy now , because I had an affair/caused a car crash/stole some money/had sex with my brother or sister/ was cruel to my dog/betrayed my best friend — five , ten or twenty years ago . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't want the students to be ’ , she recalls , ‘ I did n't really want anybody to be , and I certainly did n't think students had any right to be . |
| 9 | ‘ They have n't been involved for quite a while so you could n't really expect them to be picked , ’ said Thorstvedt , who is likely to be Norway 's last line of defence on October 14 . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't really expect it to be like this , ’ says Howard . |
| 11 | I did n't really teach him to be a mime artiste but to be more of himself , physically , on the outside . |
| 12 | Well I did n't actually expect you to be in really |