Example sentences of "we [modal v] n't [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The group had had numerous discussions about whether or not they should have a rotating chairperson , some people arguing fiercely that we should n't imitate male structures , that we were developing genuinely new ways of relating , conducting political discussions ; we must all learn to be more sensitive , not interrupt each other , not talk for too long . |
2 | ‘ P'raps we should n't encourage those dockers ’ and carmen 's union men ter use that back room fer their meetin 's , ’ Fred suggested despondently . |
3 | but even so we would like to think that erm that we can do the design work surely for the original tender figures , er and hope that our erm our drawings and er specifications are such that erm , and our site investigations are such that we should n't have major claims appearing on on our jobs . |
4 | ‘ Then we should n't have any problems at all . ’ |
5 | But see , hold on , y but you 're saying , an and this broadly would be , be like the er quote right wing view that there 's , there 's nothing really much wrong in the countryside , landlord tenant relationships are not that bad , we can just really leave it alone and certainly we should n't have any violence because that 's , that 's gon na be counter-productive . |
6 | Oh well we should n't have any rust . |
7 | We must n't destroy any evidence , must we , Lewis ? ’ |
8 | We might n't have another chance to be alone like this for ages and ages . ’ |
9 | we could n't bring any apples though yesterday , not taking me car with |
10 | We could n't make any decision on Mr Maxwell s behalf . |
11 | We I remember once , my first skiing trip , there was a really heavy blizzard one night and it was s the snow got so deep that we could n't open any doors , we were snowed in , yeah ? |
12 | Just because John was a journalist we could n't expect special treatment . |
13 | Similarly for Locke we 're in this world , sent by God about his business , the business is , in very general terms , to flourish and multiply this means , well that is the reason why we have certain rights , the right to life , the right to liberty , the right to property because if we did n't have these rights we could n't fulfil that obligation . |
14 | And just cos we could n't do some questions on the paper she says , Oh you 're not good enough then you should 've learnt it better . |
15 | I got wet and then I got dry ! and we could n't do this job because of the weather . |
16 | ‘ At the front , the JBC front axle has five-stud hubs at either end , but we could n't fit standard JJCB five-stud wheels because they 're too small , ’ he points out . |
17 | Her dramatic assertion may have been wish fulfilment , a hyperbolic statement expressing her real desires , but with such an unstable outlook we could n't take any chances : publication was brought forward to June . |
18 | and we could n't see any smoke belting down the corridor so we thought well oh ! give me my coat ! |
19 | But on one mysterious occasion the sado-manager waived the rules and waved us in : we could n't understand this behaviour at all , but took up the offer nevertheless , putting it down to grown-up inconsistency . |
20 | we were , we were furniture made , you know , all we thought about was the home and in fact once we could n't afford any wall paper we were decorating so George painted the wall white and we got saucepan lids , and even the dustbin lid and with er , er , a black pen , felt type pen I suppose although felt pens were n't out then |
21 | Before continuing we slaked thirsts with warm water from our own bottles — we could n't find any streams . |
22 | The hall was n't very big , and the individual microphones had been stolen , so that we could n't have individual chats , so you could n't hear what was going on . |
23 | They 're dyed also naturally in the medieval way with red for the madder and then welled to give the yellow as the basis of digris and then a woad an indigo from woad erm slightly cheating there because we could n't have enough woad , we have to use import the actual substance . |
24 | We managed to make about £90 profit which was n't too bad considering that we could n't have full use of the kitchen . |
25 | Even when the sound button was pressed we could n't get any sound volume m sound out of it whatever . |
26 | We had all these er and Austin of course and Morris , we had all these agencies at the end of the war , and yet we could n't get enough cars . |
27 | ‘ We had to share a room because we could n't book two singles . |
28 | You see , we 've decided to go tomorrow night and we dare n't risk another trial before then . |
29 | We need n't detain these gentlemen ’ |
30 | I 'm glad you 're marrying my darling Cenzo and we need n't have any secrets from one another . |