Example sentences of "they [was/were] not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were not even to stay for the rest of that year . |
| 2 | A few further discs did eventually appear , the Ecodisc and the Volcanos disc among them , but they were not enough to revitalise the fortunes of the Domesday initiative . |
| 3 | She started singing love songs , but found they were not enough to express her feelings . |
| 4 | He warned the jury that they were not there to judge anybody , but to decide how the unfortunate Mr Oliver had died , and if there was sufficient evidence to bring criminal proceedings against anybody . |
| 5 | ‘ France has her eyes on you , ’ he had told them in his first Order of the Day , and the troops had their eyes on Pétain ; even though for the best part of a week they were not actually to see the new commander in person . |