Example sentences of "were [not/n't] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were very conscious during this requiem mass that they were not to pray for him , but pray to him . |
| 2 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 3 | Their father made it clear they were not to blame for the situation and today neither recalls feeling guilty . |
| 4 | IMF boss Michel Camdessus praised Germany 's tough policies and insisted that its interest rates were not to blame for the chaos . |
| 5 | The Gloucestershire Coroner said hospital staff were not to blame for Mr Brook 's death . |