Example sentences of "we [vb past] [not/n't] [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We did n't speak for ages as there were so many complications with debt and the record company . |
| 2 | We did n't stop for neighbourhood , we used to be , it was r everybody mixed up . |
| 3 | Because we knew that the headmaster of the Scuola Medie Inferiori , where I was now in my last year , was not in a position to punish us if we did not appear for lessons on demonstration days , many of us took part only for a short time and then went home . |
| 4 | In Casualty we did not report for duty , we came aboard ; we worked watches , not shifts ; when we went off duty we went ashore ; on our days off we took the liberty boat . |
| 5 | Looking back on the community 's experience of opposition , she reflected ‘ If we had got going earlier , and got support from all the locals , if we had n't waffled for ages , and demonstrated properly , and been more vocal — we had difficulty raising money , we just could n't raise money — we would have made an impact . |
| 6 | We had n't stopped for lunch yet , but decided that food would be a great |