Example sentences of "[pron] [be] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Since I am not to see him or speak with him alone ever again , in truth it matters little where he is . ’ |
| 2 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 3 | JERVIS : I am not to dispute with your honour , but I dare say if the men will let her alone she 'll never trouble herself about them . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course it is — what a fool I am not to get it till now … |
| 5 | I may prefer that people should not be malicious about me behind my back , even if I am not to know or even be affected by it , and that certain deathbed wishes of mine be carried out without supposing I will persist to be affected by them . |
| 6 | I am not to interfere . |
| 7 | I am not to tell the other Rons . |
| 8 | I 'm not to say ‘ Bejaysus ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm going to have to leave soon if I 'm not to miss my plane , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Well I 'm not to brag too much I I 've been lucky have n't I ? |
| 11 | ‘ All the same , ’ said Araminta thoughtfully , ‘ Papa says I 'm not to see you again till it 's over , and you 're either arrested or cleared . |
| 12 | I 'm not to drink any more . |
| 13 | I 'm not to grow up an Irish yob . |
| 14 | I 'm not to read |
| 15 | I 'm not to read |
| 16 | But Rachel spins round and mimes furiously that I 'm not to get involved . |
| 17 | ‘ Melissa 's upset you , I can see that , but I 'm not to blame . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm not to know about the gates … |
| 19 | Yes very , you know , so I mean I 'm not to know that he 'd not already told somebody else . |
| 20 | I felt I must keep a very firm hold on myself if I were not to lose control altogether . |
| 21 | We were now climbing fairly steeply into the mountains and silence was impossible if I were not to lose my quarry . |
| 22 | And them other doctors said I were n't to go back up London for no operation not till I was Al , else I 'd be dead as a herring . ’ |
| 23 | But I received another note from Mellowes ; it said I was not to leave the office ; I was not to answer the phone ; above all I was not to speak to the press . |
| 24 | They were a happy family and very hospitable , but Mary told me I was not to call too often or I would wear out my welcome . |
| 25 | But I received another note from Mellowes ; it said I was not to leave the office ; I was not to answer the phone ; above all I was not to speak to the press . |
| 26 | I was not to attend St Stephen 's until years later , when I lived in the parish ; but meanwhile I had attended Tenebrae more than once , and had indeed found it beautiful and moving , with the abrupt strepitacula somehow reinforcing the effect . |
| 27 | said I was not to say sixteen not sixty ’ and in so doing will have lost the game . |
| 28 | But I received another note from Mellowes ; it said I was not to leave the office ; I was not to answer the phone ; above all I was not to speak to the press . |
| 29 | ‘ Today he told me to deliver a packet and I was not to tell you . |
| 30 | I was not to work again full time until the end of 1988 . |