Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I was n't here to take care of things , how on earth would you manage ? |
| 2 | ‘ I said I was n't here to make moral judgments , that all we wanted was to understand what this project was all about and where it is leading . |
| 3 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 4 | No I was n't there to wave to you , I thought |
| 5 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |
| 6 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |
| 7 | Back came a snorter the like of which I was never again to receive from Eliot , though I am sure it was thoroughly well-deserved . |
| 8 | Well , I 've been to see Mr , and then I was off again to see him , and he said I was right . |
| 9 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |
| 10 | Well she was n't please to see me , no . |
| 11 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 12 | But she was n't here to speculate on her cousin 's love-life . |
| 13 | Head down , she insisted she WAS N'T here to promote her new movie Death Becomes Her , in which she plays an actress worried about her looks . |
| 14 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |
| 15 | He was glad she was n't there to listen . |
| 16 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 17 | Even Will , she realised , for all his consideration , had subconsciously assumed that she was there solely to support him . |
| 18 | For one thing , she was still here to do that job for her sister . |
| 19 | After all , she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally . |
| 20 | It was thus in these early years and it was nearly always to remain so . |
| 21 | It was little enough to go on , but it was at least a beginning . |
| 22 | And after all Elizabeth had done for her , heaven only knew it was little enough to ask in return . |
| 23 | It was little enough to expect . |
| 24 | It was n't just to please her companions , but because she was beginning to have doubts about her original opinion . |
| 25 | Because i i they though it was in competition with other varieties around and it something t It was n't necessarily to do with the fact that erm they though it was less it held less prestige in the community . |
| 26 | Although Jeff making me laugh at myself was the beginning of the end of my depression , it was n't enough to persuade me to stay . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , it was n't enough to stop her thinking completely . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ After I lost my keys a few weeks ago a locksmith replaced the tumblers but it was n't enough to stop the door being opened . |
| 29 | ‘ It was n't enough to put us back in the World Cup contention . |
| 30 | But it was n't enough to save them either . |