Example sentences of "[conj] we [adv] [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although we certainly do not wish to get diverted into a consideration of the nominal patterns of English , we may mention that even in a case like : ( 6 ) Claudia is a bus-driver we have no doubt that the relation is still one of equation . |
| 2 | Y drivers , we know they have their own code , and er what we say is , although we perhaps do n't agree with it ourselves , you do it . |
| 3 | And we 've all been in situations where we 've walked into an area , whether it be , sort of a car park is poorly lit , or you 've gone down a lane that 's perhaps been overgrown by bushes and things like that we generally do n't feel as confident . |
| 4 | James Baker , the secretary of state , told Congress recently that his review of Middle East policy convinced him long before the invasion of Kuwait that the ‘ old view that we somehow did not want the Soviets involved is a mistake ’ . |
| 5 | Strangely , apart from one or two specialist applications , we tend to find that we simply do n't need them ! |
| 6 | One honest booklet on food and health explains , ‘ The main reason why there are conflicting views about the effect of food on health is that we simply do n't know all the answers yet . |
| 7 | This is so small that we just do n't notice it ; we see only one time and three space dimensions , in which space-time is fairly flat . |
| 8 | And that goes back to what I said earlier , in that we just do n't see ourselves working internally , in meetings , in negotiations and report binding , with erm , with other officer 's , we see ourselves as a vocal point to get in information out , to , to people , erm and working with people , erm , and that 's erm again a major part of the work we do and just as an example of something that we provide , this is erm , this is the hidden divide , the bulletin of Harlow 's Anti Poverty Strategy Group , this is the latest edition , and it 's just an update on erm impact of eh living in Britain in nineteen ninety one today , the people who are on low income , but we , we 've produced that quarterly , erm , but there , we produce loads of leaflets , were always producing leaflets , and basically if there 's a major piece of legislation there be , there be something worth getting use on it . |
| 9 | A lot of that was also due to the fact that we just did n't get into it , because of all the stuff got stolen after we 'd started and there was a big break of about five or six weeks when we could n't do anything . |
| 10 | Our initial reaction was that we just did n't believe it . |
| 11 | I hardly like to point out , sir , that we still do n't have the names and addresses of those banks . ’ |
| 12 | He was wrong , but it is only fair to add that we still do not know how all the specific external stimuli which induce cell differences arise . |
| 13 | IT COMES AS A SHOCK to some people to learn that we still do not have definite answers to many of the most obvious questions about animals . |
| 14 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 15 | After our return from France we felt that we still did not have the complete story of that operation , and so we went to the Public Records Office at Kew to look up the records of 22 Squadron over that period . |
| 16 | I did n't do a self-evaluation — an evaluation of myself — for the simple reason that we really did n't have time to sit down and think it out , and its a bit difficult doing it objectively … because you have no standard to compare . |
| 17 | Now I have explained all I can , you will realise that we really do not understand why the neocortex is , as Herrick called it , the organ of civilisation . |
| 18 | does , , he came in one day and I said that we really do n't travel a lot you know |
| 19 | ‘ But the dance classes here are such fun , ’ said a spokesman , trying to keep a straight face , ‘ that we really do n't think we need any of these Frownies . ’ |
| 20 | I know you will say and I will support you , that we really do n't want members bringing up detailed points like that at this committee . |
| 21 | I mean , they are very basic things but I think that we really do n't acknowledge they are people who should be respected along with the rest of us . ’ |
| 22 | I have become convinced that our whole approach is hopelessly unscientific , in fact wrong , and particularly that my own reconstruction is so fundamentally flawed that we really do n't have the right to be displaying it anywhere except in a Disneyland type of amusement park . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , people begin to talk about under-developed Britain , or under-developing Britain , so that we now do n't see this sharp division between British problems as a developed country , and developing countries ' problems in Zambia , or Chile , or wherever , or India . |
| 24 | One of our major industrial problems is that we usually do not ask enough of our people . |
| 25 | The difficulty with this sort of material is that we often do not know if the coins have been acquired on a random and thus representative basis . |
| 26 | At a very general and abstract level , this must be so — indeed , it is part of the prevailing ageism , which will be discussed later , that we often do not see old people as ordinary human beings with the same responses and reactions . |
| 27 | But if I had one drink of any description that 's the one thing that would make me nervous because I 'd be afraid that I 'd forget this or forget the other , so we just do n't have them at all you know . |
| 28 | that 's better really , and we surely do n't want to lose them do we ? |
| 29 | Torquay boss Paul Compton said : ‘ This was another typical Yeovil giant-killing act and we just did n't have an answer . ’ |
| 30 | And , like , we left him there for about five minutes and we just did n't hear a thing |