Example sentences of "be [pron] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Am I not to think aloud in your presence ? |
| 2 | ‘ Are we not to help the survivors ? ’ asked Miss Logan in perplexity . |
| 3 | Were she not to experience such moments of trepidation there would be something strange m her nature indeed . |
| 4 | Indespension could also be in trouble were they not to pick up some crumbs from their engagements with Menzieshill and MIM . |
| 5 | This column , however , would be less than human were it not to exult in the humiliation of the pollsters in last week 's election . |
| 6 | Is she not to blame ? |
| 7 | The historical adviser is there not to ensure verisimilitude , but to be an accomplice in furthering the aims of the producer . |
| 8 | Why was I not to know ? ’ |