Example sentences of "we [modal v] not [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes .
2 We should not look for a simple reflection : ‘ a single , fixed mode of exchange ; in reality there are many modes , their character is determined historically , and they are continually renegotiated ’ .
3 No , I do n't see any reason why we should n't arrive at a costing based on the costing quoted before .
4 With an uncertain outlook for nineteen ninety three from our point of view it 's absolutely crucial to get costs in line we had obviously done cost-cutting during the previous two years , but we really needed to be sure that if revenues were not going to increase , we should n't wait for a recovery to bail us out .
5 I think , I take your point Ivor , and we do n't dissent from it , what we have to guard against , two things , one , that the Committee becomes big and cumbersome , and two , of course , we must n't get into a situation where a regional representative is repre is influencing decisions made elsewhere in the county , that 's the effect of the
6 We must n't fall into a trap , Dexter . ’
7 ‘ George Bradley came up with this great idea of putting an accordion band together for a record and we could n't think of a name , ’ said Emerald chief George Doherty .
8 Pity we could n't go for a romp round a canal is n't it ?
9 When all forty-eight of us were on the stage , we could n't kick in a straight line , so we danced in a semi-circle .
10 " But we ca n't find four thousand in a week And , with things as they are , we could n't hope for a bank loan even if … "
11 Yeah well we , we could n't push for a new
12 We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember .
13 We could not go for a walk that afternoon .
14 And then that small win on the pools ; we need n't go with a group , Dan had said , go on our own , do what we like , stay in a really good hotel , have the holiday of a lifetime , what d' you say .
15 For the years we were taking speed , we would n't go into a pub or a crowded room .
16 Erm , we would n't want the policy to progress so far erm as to get to the stage of looking for a specific site and for us to pull the rug underneath the County , and for other authorities to pull the rug from underneath the County at that stage , erm to answer to Mr Heselton 's specific question , of course we would n't object to a new settlement er in Selby , but erm it does n't erm it does n't detract from our objection to erm the principle of the policy , the way the policy 's expressed .
17 A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single .
18 Er , however we have agreed , and we 're perfectly happy er , to have an undertaking which , obviously you ca n't enter into within the a , a legal document cos we would n't qualify for a corporation grant to make the remaining twenty five percent available to the council as well .
19 It is more passive in the sense that we ca n't interact with a text , we ca n't affect the development of the text by our own words , since the text 's words are already given .
20 We ca n't think of a better guarantee that you 'll get what you pay for .
21 We ca n't talk about a cinema audience in general any more .
22 Er , I think as the other previous document was usefu useless , this is useful , and I mean , I think it 's er something we ca n't take in a day and night , to spend , to spent some more time over this , because , yo you know , it does reflect very well on , on er , particularly that er , information that we needed earlier , in terms and and er .
23 We ca n't defend on a broad front George not just two of us .
24 The Corporation protested to the Board of Trade , who replied on 27 April , ‘ Although we disagree with your views , we will not press for a junction with Station Road .
25 Erm we wo n't go into a discussion about that this morning , but there are lots of reasons why females live longer on average than males .
26 " A little souvenir for you and the plantation house perhaps , my dear — of a moment we wo n't forget in a hurry ? "
27 We wo n't know for a couple of days but everything points to her having used large amounts of cocaine , ’ a senior detective told TODAY .
28 But we wo n't come to a standstill . ’
29 And he seems to think I may not get any worse , but we sha n't know for a couple of weeks . ’
30 He said ‘ we can not continue with a system under which teachers decide what people should learn without reference to clear nationally agreed objectives , and without having to expose , and if necessary justify , their decisions ’ .
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