Example sentences of "[adv] we did [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Over the years we lost so many because there was so much we did n't know . |
2 | They felt that basically we did n't play England enough — we did Knebworth and that was it . |
3 | In respect of in public services , it was a minefield for a long time and perhaps we did not react as we should have done in the early eighties . |
4 | ‘ Perhaps we did n't hear him . ’ |
5 | Well perhaps we did n't come this way then the other day . |
6 | In a way a baby seemed less likely than before Claudia was pregnant : perhaps we did n't dare think about what was about to happen . |
7 | Only we did n't practise speaking it you see . |
8 | There were n't any , many of us so we did n't do it . |
9 | So we did n't bother going because we were regularly going anyway . |
10 | The good thing was that Vic kept running so we did n't miss any of it . |
11 | So we did n't think much of it as a name at first but while Malcolm was away in the States , we somehow came round to it and decided to go with it . |
12 | so we did n't open yours , and when you left , I thought oh no , they 're gon na think we 're really rude , because we still got their bottle of wine , and we did n't drink it . |
13 | So we did n't tell them that that was what they were doing , I 'm sorry ! |
14 | Erm so we did n't pay very very much but they certainly had , they did , er they tried to standardize the , the nurses . |
15 | ‘ Neither of us believed in God so we did n't want a religious ceremony , ’ says Marie , a 60-year-old radiographer from Ipswich . |
16 | When the United Trade Union Committee ( CUTS ) was formed , they established the post of Secretary of Women 's Affairs and so we did n't continue the work of AMPES . |
17 | So we did n't go about it in that way . |
18 | had got back we had to go back again , er Monday he had his operation so we did n't go in afternoon we went over the Metro Centre , but I could n't settle , so we come back |
19 | No it was a long way to come from Plymouth you know so we did n't know . |
20 | Cos we came in and Chrissy , instead of switching on the children 's programmes put his computer on so we did n't see it . |
21 | So we did n't get very much ti time off and by the time we got back to our rooms at night we were so terribly tired you just dropped into bed . |
22 | So we did n't get in . |
23 | So we did n't get over , there 's so much you can do , we went to the erm , er to see the dancing horses , you know the |
24 | Yeah yeah so we did n't get up till late this morning |
25 | In which we had to be very responsible like wearing a life jacket and plimsolls so we did n't slip on the floor . |
26 | So we did n't buy very , little utility furniture , the only utility furniture we 've got is , it used to be a bedroom suite up in that second bedroom , we 've still got the bed of that , that was utility , but had we been in the market we would of bought utility because it was very good , some of it was really good if you looked around and erm , you know , choose your furniture , it was very good |
27 | So we did n't buy a rabbit cutter . |
28 | So we did n't have to go all the way to Lime Street , Liverpool , Chapman , with his characteristic attention to such details , had arranged for the train to make a special stop at Edgehill Station , to give us a better chance of getting home the same night . |
29 | We 're going over to Michael three months of the year and there was air fare to find and there was holiday money , cos we used to go away with Michael and er so we did n't have a car of our own . |
30 | I do n't think , mind you we had biology so we did n't need it . |