Example sentences of "we [verb] not [vb infin] another " in BNC.
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1 | By evening the weather was better , but we did n't fancy another night in Porto , so we unpacked our bikes and cycled down through cool pine forests into the town for a well-earned rest . |
2 | I thought we did n't need another day of rehearsal but Vic insisted . |
3 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
4 | ‘ Next year could be the last conference before an election , and we do n't want another debacle , ’ he said . |
5 | The replies were versions of , ‘ He is a brave man for talking out about corruption , but he is too unstable to make a leader , ’ and ‘ We village people are all stupid , we know that , but we do n't want another war . ’ |
6 | We do n't want another Spilsbury . ’ |
7 | ‘ We do n't deserve another chance … |
8 | " Perhaps they 'll by annoyed if we do n't have another cup . |
9 | ‘ Pray God we do n't have another thunderstorm , ’ the Vice-Captain said fervently . |
10 | we do n't have another option do you ? |
11 | She says we do n't need another power station . |
12 | A possibility next year is to bring forward the Central Wales Line trip — assuming that we do n't try another line — to make a point about BR 's cancellation of the evening trains for the duration of the winter timetable . |