Example sentences of "were not [adv] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The numbers were vast and this was very largely because the movies were not just appealing to sections of the masses but to the masses in general . |
| 2 | The Catholics , having come so far in undermining the old Orange State , were not easily going to be satisfied , and the urban working-class Protestants were not about to relinquish fifty years of social and political superiority without a fight . |
| 3 | Sadly , pregnant girls were not yet flocking to this club , even after a launch day at the civic centre , and radio advertising . |
| 4 | One group received just the sentence , while another group heard ‘ disambiguating input ’ through a channel they were not explicitly attending to ( i.e. an additional sentence such as ‘ He extinguished the lantern ’ ) . |
| 5 | It was n't so much the ageing process itself that sent my spirits plummeting — although greying hair and wrinkles were n't exactly adding to my self-esteem — as the realisation that time is marching on and I had better not waste a moment of it . |