Example sentences of "it be n't to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh well it were n't to me cos I probably would have given you the eight |
| 2 | You can pull this stunt on an MFM drive but it is n't to be recommended . |
| 3 | We are invited to thrill to the idea of travelling nightmares , but the essentially humorous style informs us that it is n't to be taken entirely seriously . |
| 4 | It is n't to everyone 's taste . |
| 5 | ‘ It may be to them , but it is n't to me ; it 's still just a pile of bricks . ’ |
| 6 | He had hoped there would be time for a quick cup of tea but it was n't to be . |
| 7 | And something about his voice made Philip think perhaps it was n't to be a parrot after all . |
| 8 | But it was n't to be : he knocked the putt by about 3 feet and then pulled the one coming back wide and finished up shooting a 63 . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , it was n't to be . |
| 10 | But , as everybody knows , it was n't to be . |
| 11 | ‘ Have a nice stay , ’ said the customs official , but it was n't to her . |
| 12 | Now I knew that it was n't to be said . |
| 13 | But it was n't to be and as a result we now have fewer engineers and probably fewer skilled people in industry than ever before : crumbly foundations to build upon if it is going to be built along the old traditional lines . |
| 14 | Milton Keynes is about as far from the sea as it is possible to get in England , and Roger Mason 's motivation in coming to us was never quite clear to me ( perhaps it was n't to him either , for although after four intensive years ' research he produced a many-hundred page ‘ draft ’ of his thesis , far in excess of what might be required , he finally failed to submit it for examination ) . |
| 15 | In the event , it was n't to be . |
| 16 | It was n't to be expected , ’ the Bishop said bitterly . |
| 17 | It was n't to be . |
| 18 | But it was n't to be the for the friendship with Tiny that my father got to have the rattling good supper that that they provided in in in the servants room . |
| 19 | But it was n't to be and within a minute Stoke were level . |
| 20 | But unfortunately it was n't it was n't to be . |
| 21 | But when she had washed her hair and dressed in a new pair of designer jeans and a silk shirt that had been a Christmas present and which she 'd never worn before — it was n't to Eva 's house that she went but back down into the town , towards the theatre and the Franz Joseph . |
| 22 | The start of the second half promised an exciting come back after Whelan scored , but it was n't to be : Leeds ' play became increasingly frenetic and desperate , and Sunderland players kept going over like someone in the crowd was working them over with a machine gun . |
| 23 | If it was n't to be Strachan then who ? |
| 24 | Then , ‘ Shall we have coffee first before we have a look around ? ’ he suggested , and Fabia immediately felt warm towards him that it was n't to be a ‘ straight in and out ’ trip . |
| 25 | But it was n't to be . |
| 26 | But it was n't to be . |
| 27 | ‘ If I could have got my nose in front again maybe I could have twisted it round but it was n't to be . ’ |
| 28 | come here , got to oh Marie no good job it was n't to it . |
| 29 | But it was n't to be . |