Example sentences of "we do [not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all .
2 I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’
3 I mean , of course there were things that were missed out I suppose , but also , I suppose , we were quite young , so it may have quite embarrassing and we did n't want talk about certain things .
4 It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five .
5 Erm we did n't waste money in any way .
6 This was that if we did n't take part in the inquiry , then it would be easy for the pro-nuclear lobby to accuse us of ignoring democracy , throwing up the chance to have our say , implying that our case was too weak to risk exposure .
7 We did n't have snow at home .
8 Well if you look backwards erm at nineteen eighty six which , although we did n't have war in nineteen eighty six we had a series of horrendous events .
9 'Course , we did n't have telly in those days , and could n't afford holidays or anything like that .
10 last year we did n't have time to really
11 It used to be dinner for us at night , you see , cos we did n't have time for stopping like at lunchtime .
12 So that 's it for this week , sorry we did n't have room for our promised body building item , I 've been told to work on my pecs before we get back to it and er it should n't take too long .
13 We did n't get hold of the wrong end of the stick .
14 We did n't lose hold of the management of the economy as happened in other republics , ’ said Viktor Alampiev , head of parliament 's economic reforms commission .
15 As we did not perform endoscopy in this control group , we can not rule out the inclusion of a few patients with gastritis .
16 The House may be interested to know that , because we were seeking to look at the effect of NHS management reforms over the first six months , we did not draw attention to the fact that the number of people who have been waiting for more than one year on in-patient lists is 37 per cent .
17 It was as if hammers had hit us ; without a word we left , and we did not set foot in the house for many months , until Valeria announced that all was forgiven .
18 We did not fear death at all .
19 We did not assess travel to work in detail .
20 ‘ There is a feeling that we did not get justice off court and the players want to put things right on court , ’ said the Components Bureau coach , Bob Stokes .
21 We do n't want privatisation to be postponed .
22 We do n't want trouble with the law , do we ?
23 We do n't want soup on your sleeves .
24 His father would have said , ‘ We sell to schwartzers , we do n't do business with them . ’
25 What we 've attempted to do is to put all of our instructions into one manual , so that we do n't view quality as an add-on or something extra .
26 I heard him pumping up the pressure and singing a folk song which began , ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City ’ .
27 Dah dih dah dah , we do n't smoke pot in Norwich City , doo doo … ’
28 There was no comment ; instead he began to sing : ‘ We do n't smoke pot in Norwich City … ’
29 And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back .
30 Some firms have resisted : Kellogg , which has seen own-labels ' share of the cereal market double since 1988 , is now emblazoning its boxes with the slogan ‘ We do n't make cereal for anyone else . ’
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