Example sentences of "was not [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was not even wanting to be alone . |
| 2 | And as scores of saffron-clad fans in the 6,000-strong crowd wended their way towards the exits , it seemed as if there was not even going to be a respectable attendance at the funeral ! |
| 3 | War weariness was increasing the unpopularity of the Whigs , and although the Tories were happy with Queen Anne , the prospect of the succession of the House of Hanover , foreign Lutherans who were known to be sympathetic to the Whigs , was not particularly appealing to them . |
| 4 | He had shut himself within , and was not easily going to be drawn out again . |
| 5 | She had also left some grasses free-flowing , stuck only at the bottom so they could move in the breeze , but had been told this was not strictly according to tradition . |
| 6 | Already wise to the ways of two of the most notoriously sharkish industries , TV and pop , Kylie was not however going to Hollywood with her eyes closed . |
| 7 | It was not all going to be wine and roses ; and Leonard again felt the sharp problem of the Canadian writer at that time — having a small home market , not wishing to become artistically part of the ‘ 53rd State ’ of America , and yet having nowhere else to go . |
| 8 | When Richard Crossman described secrecy as the British disease , he was not merely referring to the terms of the Official Secrets Act . |
| 9 | Mitch , of course , was not now speaking to her . |
| 10 | In truth the Sergeant was not really listening to the Lieutenant 's enthusiastic explanation ; instead he was partly anticipating the Belgian girls and partly worrying when this headlong advance would run into the enemy picquets . |
| 11 | Lord Callaghan , when he was Prime Minister , made the point that he was not necessarily going to be merely the post box in the system . |