Example sentences of "we [vb past] not [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We decided not to go down this road last September , as we had considerable doubts about the financial arrangements . |
| 2 | We did n't think of that . ’ |
| 3 | We started with a clean sheet of paper , we did n't start with one of our earlier proprietary products and try and convert that to Unix , try to move that into the open systems world . |
| 4 | Well just say , like last night we did n't open till half ten really , you do n't get anybody in at before then . |
| 5 | We had every other Sunday off , you see , but otherwise we worked and did n't get any extra for it but of course the girls like myself well erm we could n't lift these huge urns of tea so they had two men keep them on , you see , and er , and we were er perhaps I know one day we did n't finish until five o'clock in the morning |
| 6 | Erm but one thing I would say , is that erm we did n't go into long term erm debt to get things like three pieces and and bedroom suite and things like this . |
| 7 | When we got married we did n't go in another house . |
| 8 | For instance : ‘ Well , we did n't do at all well last year and I know it was my fault . |
| 9 | Listener : Well , we did n't do at all well last year and I know it was my fault . |
| 10 | Anyway , we did n't complain about that . |
| 11 | We did n't feel brave at all it was just , we lived there and we did n't feel under any kind of threat . |
| 12 | ‘ We did n't bother with that in the end . ’ |
| 13 | really , we wo n't clean the sea up , we did n't bother with that |
| 14 | ‘ Before we find the others Mrs. Channing , I ought to tell you that we did n't run into each other by accident . |
| 15 | Well we did n't ask for that . |
| 16 | But we did n't say to each other , to each other , it was n't like , now we 're both buying these mugs , jointly , sort of thing . |
| 17 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 18 | They said : ‘ We did n't know about that . ’ |
| 19 | That Mr er did live at the flat erm with his wife , there may have been children but we did n't know for certain and that the previous night two male persons appeared to have been there . |
| 20 | But seems to me that 's silly is that we did n't keep with that correspondence a copy of the enquiry form , which , the original is gone to the central record . |
| 21 | Every one of us , we would n't devote our time , our precious time serving in local government if we did n't believe in local government and did n't want to provide the best possible services to the people of this city . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ They deserved to win and we did n't because we did n't play at all . |
| 23 | The whole character of the game has been changed by a goal which er suddenly has brought to life in a way which we did n't see at all for the first half . |
| 24 | Every road junction has a multitude of signposts in a variety of languages , but we did n't see on that would have directed us to the Roman site . |
| 25 | As you may have guessed , we did n't get through that round , but getting to London meant that we were one of the best bands ( for our age — fifteen to sixteen years ) in East Anglia . |
| 26 | Compared to this little middle-aged lot , we did n't get to first base ! |
| 27 | We were actually quite worried , but there was an assessor who made sure we did n't get into any difficulties . |
| 28 | For me it was fundamentally feeling part of a community , a word we did n't use in those days . |
| 29 | We did n't look at each other as he kissed me perfunctorily good-bye . |
| 30 | As I say I do n't want to promise you something and and then and then at the end you say well hang on we did n't look at that because that 's not within the agenda of of these two days . |