Example sentences of "was not [adv] [v-ing] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | I was not even wanting to be alone . |
2 | And as scores of saffron-clad fans in the 6,000-strong crowd wended their way towards the exits , it seemed as if there was not even going to be a respectable attendance at the funeral ! |
3 | He had shut himself within , and was not easily going to be drawn out again . |
4 | It was not all going to be wine and roses ; and Leonard again felt the sharp problem of the Canadian writer at that time — having a small home market , not wishing to become artistically part of the ‘ 53rd State ’ of America , and yet having nowhere else to go . |
5 | Lord Callaghan , when he was Prime Minister , made the point that he was not necessarily going to be merely the post box in the system . |