Example sentences of "we [vb mod] n't [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think this argument 's about the benefit of the countryside is somewhat debatable to say the least And these arguments that are put about why we should n't ban fox hunts because of all the benefits and the tradition are exactly the same arguments that were put about otters and about badgers and about other sports that we have , that we no longer consider satisfactory and have opposed . |
| 2 | ‘ We should n't waste time , ’ Lucy said . |
| 3 | If it has , do you worry about what deal it is , as long as these three men are released , or do you say we should n't do deals with people like Saddam ? |
| 4 | Our managing director Vic says in his market plan , that water services should be affordable , and I hope , I totally agree with that , they should be affordable , we should n't price people out of out of using our water services . |
| 5 | I wonder who first decided that we should n't eat mustard with lamb ? |
| 6 | Because we find ourselves concentrating mainly on human rights , we should n't knock others who are working on other tasks which are also essential . |
| 7 | Although erm his second idea second way of limiting the possibilities on is rather more difficult to accept now and his claim is that we should n't pay members of parliament , that people who go to parliament ought to be doing it out of duty and not out of er interest . |
| 8 | This , it turned out , was ‘ that we should n't have intercourse until we 're engaged ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Is there some reason why we should n't have minds of our own ? ’ she demanded sharply . |
| 10 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 11 | We should n't adopt stands that we try this now and try something else next time round , which I believe is what the C E C is recommending . |
| 12 | And then Or we 'll we 'll say if we get a facilitator in , I do n't see why we should n't ask Graham . |
| 13 | ‘ You 've always said , my dear Kit , that we should n't play pirates on the high seas any longer . |
| 14 | On and on he droned about how we should n't fear death but welcome the joys of heaven , so I picked up my two horse pistols and gave the sod both barrels . |
| 15 | ‘ But we must n't hurt Charles . ’ |
| 16 | But we must n't blame philosophers if they tell it as they see it with the aid of their philosophical telescopes and microscopes . |
| 17 | Because that 's naughty we must n't chew books especially not those , not those pretty pictures there 's a good girl . |
| 18 | We must n't lose heart because continued pressure from a caring public can influence even the most apathetic government — eventually ! |
| 19 | ‘ Well , we must n't lose time , must we ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We must n't worry mother ’ is the watchword … |
| 21 | The runaway First Division leaders are 12 points clear of their nearest rivals , but after Monday 's defeat , Keegan warned : ‘ We must n't let standards dip . |
| 22 | And we must n't let words and other fashionable elements , become too dominant . |
| 23 | Several of the photographers and columnists were already drifting in in the hope of an early drink ( they 'd be unlucky — we could n't serve drinks before twelve ) . |
| 24 | ‘ We could n't chase Jerry very well , ’ he wrote , ‘ as we were a trifle battle-scarred , so we were taken out . |
| 25 | We could n't drag Phil away . |
| 26 | Tim and Lynne Littler caught up with us at this point and with little resistance from our party , insisted that we could n't leave Paris without a light lunch . |
| 27 | We could n't leave Malham country without seeing the Cove and we made a detour in the mini-bus . |
| 28 | We could n't leave Crete without sampling an evening of typical entertainment , called Raki and Syrtaki . |
| 29 | Yes , in fact we shall be going again this week , and I have no doubt , once again this week , we , we 'll be overlapping into another bay , but er unless we use the coach car park , er which means that we could n't take children who were n't really able walkers , so in fact we would be discriminating against our own children , er I really ca n't see what else we can do . |
| 30 | ‘ It was so bad , we could n't raise control , ’ said a paramedic , John Donaldson , 31 . |