Example sentences of "we [vb past] n't [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This one wanted to do my work , but when he started telling me that personally he was against all pet shops and would like to see them closed we did n't exactly see eye to eye . |
| 2 | We did n't exactly get the bird but they just could n't handle it — they did n't know what sort of music we were playing . |
| 3 | We did n't exactly hit it off . ’ |
| 4 | We did n't even mention the stitches ! |
| 5 | I mean then we did n't even go into Fulford , we stopped there . |
| 6 | So she went with the architect and he was wanting to show us this kind of and we were like , were cold and were back to the hotel , we did n't even go into the house . |
| 7 | ‘ Katy and I were living in a small flat and we were so low that we did n't even bother with a Christmas tree . |
| 8 | ‘ We devised some pretty crude mechanisms for extracting cash from the operating companies every quarter — we did n't even bother to classify it as dividend or interest or repayment of loans , we just took the cash away from them and told them to manage with less . |
| 9 | For the second question and answer we did n't even bother to load the camera , though as a matter of courtesy , we let him carry on bawling . |
| 10 | We must confess we did n't even bother calling Intel Corp last issue so it could confirm or deny our story of severe allocations of Pentiums throughout all of 1993 ( UX No 418 ) . |
| 11 | We did n't even think about it . |
| 12 | April/May they were in , taking rock samples out and at that time we did n't even think they were looking for gold … |
| 13 | You mean go back on them , cos we did n't finish them cos there was three pallets and we did n't even do two . |
| 14 | ‘ We did n't even contemplate anything else . |
| 15 | We did n't even finish the last table . |
| 16 | And he was gone , we did n't even answer , and Caroline was looking after him , and shrugging and looking at me and saying , well , really . |
| 17 | So , then , then we got into it he said I 'm sorry I thought you made yourselves homeless , cos you just wanted to come home , I said no , way , I said we did n't even want to come home , I said we were very professional people |
| 18 | ‘ We were so fed up we did n't even push the beds together for our wedding night . |
| 19 | We did n't even realize that they organized their labour collectively , until Panic Buying ( a great '70s pastime , Panic Buying — of salt , sugar and so on ) set in at the beginning of November . |
| 20 | At one point we did n't even know if we could record the thing at all . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We did n't even know they had split up . |
| 22 | ‘ We did n't even know it was being taped — we were just warming up for another track by playing the song . |
| 23 | We did n't even know what all the fuss was about and actually thought the lifeboat was a drifting wreck . |
| 24 | I was gon na say about sex education that when I was learning at school , it 's also very male dominated erm it was , I mean you were talking about erm what 's i li , the differences between males and females learning about sex education and wha , and we were learnt about the the man having pleasure , we were taught about the man having the erection and the man having the orgasm , I mean , we did n't even know what a clitoris was ! |
| 25 | We did n't even know his name , so we called him Carnera , after the Italian heavyweight-boxing champion , Primo Carnera . |
| 26 | We did n't even know of the existence of electricity until a couple of centuries ago . |
| 27 | but I mean they were n't you know and I mean someone we did n't even know at all , so er you know all erm but I mean Lionel sat with the guy that organized it and the bus driver so he did n't feel out of it , you know , |
| 28 | But that I mean we did n't even know he was coming , father rang up on erm |
| 29 | We did n't even attempt to fly them , although they were ‘ bating ’ in the wind . |
| 30 | Mena did in her way , it was n't enough , she needed an educated person to put her case to — everybody ought to be allowed to put their case — we did n't even try to hear hers , we only heard the tone . |