Example sentences of "not [vb infin] to war " in BNC.
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1 | After all , the country does not go to war all that often , even if it is with a second-rate corned-beef republic . |
2 | ‘ They did n't go to war , not abroad . ’ |
3 | The rhetoric of politicians was littered with idealistic assumptions , from the ‘ new thinking ’ of President Gorbachev to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's assertion that ‘ democracies do n't go to war with each other ’ . |
4 | Is it true that liberal democracies ‘ do n't go to war with one another ’ ? |
5 | So during the war , he did n't , he did n't go to war , he stayed at home erm , you know , he worked at , in like food and , and so they were |
6 | Well he , he did n't really say a lot , er they asked him a question and er he , he just turned round and said er we hope , we hope it 's er a peaceful solution , that er virtually saying he hoped it did n't come to war , and Christine turned round and said ‘ yes we want a peaceful solution ’ . |