Example sentences of "not [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding myself mildly offended , and not to be denied contact , I shouted and waved from at least half a mile away . |
| 2 | Not to be named sub , to sit and give tea to people . |
| 3 | In its post-World War II Circulars , the Department of Education stated explicitly that the children of working mothers were not to be given priority for nursery education . |
| 4 | Dawn came and he , determined not to be taken prisoner , removed his brevet , stipes and badges , plus his battledress pockets , using his escape-kit knife . |
| 5 | Or at least , not to be caught crying . |
| 6 | Even from the jails themselves , the cries of hope , of despair , implorings not to be forgotten escape : Muriel ‘ Rucia ’ Dockendorff was seized by Chilean security police soon after the bloody coup of 1973 and ‘ disappeared ’ . |