Example sentences of "[pron] were not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt I must keep a very firm hold on myself if I were not to lose control altogether . |
| 2 | We were now climbing fairly steeply into the mountains and silence was impossible if I were not to lose my quarry . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | This did not take place , however , because schools would be required to go through the process at different times and such training would probably be of limited value for schools which were not to undertake an appraisal for some time . |
| 5 | One suggestion is that early on in metazoan evolution there were a number of experimental designs which were not to give rise to direct descendants ; naturally these do not fit into the pigeon holes based on living animals . |
| 6 | There is an excellent chapter on Diderot 's ‘ Afterlife ’ , and his analysis of Rameau 's Nephew shows how Diderot anticipates problems of personality which were not to become common currency until the 20th century . |
| 7 | As it seemed , if she were not to die of her love she had to poison it ; and even , over its death agonies , to exult . |
| 8 | Of course , she would die very quickly if she were not to receive intensive and expensive round-the-clock treatment from the staff of the nursing home where she is now a patient . |
| 9 | The mother would have to rent a property for herself and the boys if she were not to accept the offer of rent-free accommodation for a month with a friend of the father . |
| 10 | A new generation of nobles who were not to taste the sweetness of military success and knew only at second hand of the prestige and profits gained in the 1340s and 1350s led the opposition to the court in the last years of Edward III 's reign and during the reign of Richard II . |
| 11 | Harry Fry , John Ross and Jimmy Rutherford , ordinary Scots who went off to fight for a cause in Spain and who were not to return . |
| 12 | The King 's argument was that anything that had a head could be beheaded , and that you were n't to talk nonsense . |
| 13 | specifically told you from yesterday but you just , I said I 'm sorry but you did n't , you did not say that you were n't to go to lunch |
| 14 | He said you were n't to let a new dog off the lead until he had for six weeks |
| 15 | ‘ When I left my number at your office , I said that you were n't to call me during the day . |
| 16 | You were n't to know , but the boy 's simple . |
| 17 | ‘ You were n't to know . ’ |
| 18 | " You were n't to know . |
| 19 | ‘ You were n't to know this would happen , ’ she cried . |
| 20 | You were n't to know . ’ |
| 21 | Doctor Rodier said you were n't to try too hard , just let it come by itself . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 23 | You 're not supposed to climb on there well Daddy said you were n't to climb on stairs . |
| 24 | If you were not to accompany us I would have to find someone in New York . |
| 25 | I noted the Handbook clearly stated that you were not to expect the police to break into a sweat over your losses . |
| 26 | ‘ You were not to blame , ’ he said insistently . |
| 27 | ‘ You were not to blame . ’ |
| 28 | His parents did not get on and parted during the war , which put an end to the old hierarchic world of Amnersfield , where you were not to look at your masters when they came up the drive , but to hoe on regardless . |
| 29 | You were not to challenge God . |
| 30 | Athelstan translated as he read aloud : ‘ Did God really say you were not to eat any of this tree in the garden ? ’ |