Example sentences of "we [verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] all " in BNC.
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1 | I had spoken to your father before on the telephone , when your sister was first reported missing , but we did n't cover all that much ground . ’ |
2 | We did n't talk all that much . |
3 | This is not to say that we did n't experience all the anguish you expect in your schooldays , the pains of unpopularity or difficulties with hated subjects . |
4 | ‘ We did n't have all the things we 've got today ’ |
5 | Now we 've chosen to spend that amount of money , we did n't have all the staff in place on the first of April , we have recruited them during the year , as demand has risen . |
6 | She delivered the baby , resuscitated it — and remember , we did n't have all the fancy equipment the hospitals did . |
7 | We did n't spend all our time looking anxiously . |
8 | I like them , they 've brought us central heating an' that , but we do n't want all these roads cutting into the green belt ; and you ca n't sneak up on anybody now when they can hear you coming a mile off . |
9 | ‘ If you 're going to stay with us , Antony , you 'll have to learn that in this household we do n't pay all that much attention to the courtesies . |
10 | We do n't have all that many places left do we |
11 | We do n't have all day . |
12 | We wo n't be able to estimate that , that model right , simply because we do n't have all the previous prices alright . |
13 | ‘ The devil is in the detail and we do n't have all the numbers yet . |
14 | We do n't need all the details . |
15 | We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you . |
16 | I think we can all get the flavour of what the message is about even if we do n't understand all the language . |
17 | It di we do n't get all the details in the story that Jesus tells of here , but it 's quite certain that it was n't just a case of wandering along a nice path until he found the sheep and then bringing it home . |
18 | We do n't work all the time , unless we 're driven obsessives . |
19 | Thus the expedition is neatly manipulated to include many of the requirements of the national curriculum : ‘ We are very keen to make sure that we do n't lose all the good things that have been going on in schools , ’ she says . |
20 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
21 | We have a better staff-inmate ratio than France or west Germany , and if we include prison auxiliaries and night patrols , we do not compare all that badly with the Scandinavian countries . |
22 | The familiarity of this divide at least seems to show that we do not treat all behaviour as determined , and thus that a distinction between autonomous and non-autonomous individuals is part of our everyday conception of the world . |
23 | The result applies even if we do not have all > 0 since the device of adding a constant K to all terms simply adds K to and . |
24 | In the current situation many issues as yet remain unresolved and we do not have all the answers . |
25 | The plan is not a blueprint for the future , it stresses , merely the starting signal for a process in which dialogue and choices made by individuals , private industry and government will shape the environmental programmes : ‘ What we want to do , in the realization that we do not understand all the relationships , is to indicate the conditions under which an environmental quality can be attained that will provide future generations with as many options as possible . ’ |
26 | If it is claimed that reasons are needed for this verdict , which might be doubted , one has to do with the fact that we do not take all the causes of behaviour to be other behaviour . |
27 | Usually we do not know all the sites , and we do not know if they were all contemporary or only used seasonally . |
28 | We do not know all the scientific nuances of the problem . |
29 | Of course you could say that we do not need all the animals anyway , but at the moment we have got them , so there is a conflict here . |
30 | If we do not need all that DP equipment now we may need it in the future . |