Example sentences of "[coord] we did [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few years it was held up by 20 players of outstanding international standard and we did not realise that technically we were dying ’ . |
| 2 | And we did not want to miss the opportunity of having such a wonderful day , complete with the white wedding car . |
| 3 | You see , none of us had known the poor girl , and we did not want to feel sad on Christmas Eve . |
| 4 | We took the view that we had a plan in place , a five year plan , and we did not want to be acquired . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ These men had been trained to do specific jobs and we did not want to see their skills just thrown away . ’ |
| 6 | But it was a great nuisance , anyway , and we did not suffer in silence . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , we did not anticipate the importance of observer bias , and we did not arrange for third party blinded observation . |
| 8 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 9 | In contrast , four EcoRI restriction fragments ( 17.8 , 17.2 , 13.5 , and 3.9 kb ) were observed in the present study , and we did not detect any RFLPs for PGA in Japanese populations by EcoRI digestion . |
| 10 | We were the second crew on the scene and we did not leave the crash site all day . ’ |
| 11 | Jordi seemed frightened , and we did not stay for long . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And we did not stop for four days , discussing every detail , going over every bit of ground . |
| 14 | There were also some roadworks along the route and we did not pass our usual stopping place for a cup of tea so we pressed straight on to Brighton . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We had plenty of the ball but we did not look as if we could do anything from our set plays and we did not look likely to score from them . ’ |
| 16 | In February we were shown their drafts , and we did not like what we saw . |
| 17 | It was a pleasant interlude , and we did not mind the delay nearly as much as the captain did . |
| 18 | Firm statements about the importance of grammar would be taken by many teachers and members of the general public to mean a return to Latinate grammar , and we did not wish to give this false impression . |
| 19 | We met them on Friday and we did not get the assurances , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 20 | When I was pregnant , and we did not have this constantly changing situation of togetherness and separation , my husband complained that I had not noticed him kissing me goodbye in the morning — I was starting to take him for granted after only a few months without going to the mikva ! |
| 21 | We went up on to the roof , and we did not have to wait long . |
| 22 | Our patients were manifesting potentially dangerous hypoxaemia , and we did not consider it ethically appropriate to withhold this form of treatment . |
| 23 | Then it knocked against the inn door and we did not breathe . |
| 24 | It had no clear origin and we did not wait to investigate . |
| 25 | ‘ We were not experienced enough and we did not ask for , and were not given , enough help and guidance from NatWest . ’ |
| 26 | At any rate , in those days such matters were rarely discussed in detail , let alone in a London Club , and we did not pursue the subject . |
| 27 | We believed that the best practice reflects a consensus rather than such extreme positions , and we did not see this as some timid compromise . |
| 28 | ( I remember it well for the sun shortly afterwards disappeared and we did not see it for weeks . ) |
| 29 | Er we thought we could work to it and we thought we had a different rule for timekeeping er and we did n't check the calculations . |
| 30 | 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 . |