Example sentences of "we [vb base] [not/n't] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes , we tend not to use P C Us as much as well a few years ago . |
| 2 | We tend not to appreciate pleasures like that unless we have had to manage without them . |
| 3 | So we tend not to understand horses very well . |
| 4 | We try not to mention David . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't stamp passports , ’ said the Immigration man huffily as he turned away from the desk and went into the little room behind that served as his office . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't wear aprons now . ’ |
| 7 | Erm er this o this one is not one single job as it happens but it is the kind of thing that we have come up against before and I 've put them the things together in one so that we do n't identify people really under the circumstances . |
| 8 | Yeah my problem is just erm having said that we do n't think land reform should go ahead in the south because it 's a fairly efficient set up |
| 9 | Me and my mates , we do n't think Britain ought to be taking Poland 's side against Russia . |
| 10 | We do n't think poverty will end by ending the poor . ’ |
| 11 | We do n't think we'vew deteriorated . |
| 12 | Forgive me , but we do n't think £200 is proper recompense for the use of the dictionary and our name . |
| 13 | We do n't expect videos from emerging artists because they can be very expensive , ’ explains Gatfield . |
| 14 | This takes note of the widespread area staff wish for the larger piece of time in a Region ( but also gives the shorter period too ) : it reduces a lot of sorting out of requests by the Overseas Groups and simplifies for them a pretty complicated and demanding piece of work : it means we do n't expect visitors to fly from one end of the UK & Ireland every 2 or 3 days as has sometimes happened in trying to meet a lot of requests . |
| 15 | We do n't expect Adrian to say ‘ life must go on ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ In this part of Austria , we do n't expect babies and toddlers to fit in with hotel routine ; we 've adapted the hotels to suit them , ’ claimed the tourist officer for Vorarlberg . |
| 17 | WHEN we cast our votes at election time , we do n't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue but we do expect honesty and integrity — traits completely lacking in this discredited Government . |
| 18 | We do n't tolerate crusts on cut sandwiches . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't send men into other countries to interfere with their internal affairs , why should you send your criminals here ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ If we do n't move Seawitch she could end up as wreckage on the rocks — that 's what you said . |
| 21 | I said I 'm sorry love , we do n't move coal . |
| 22 | ‘ We do n't chase people , ’ says Mr Gamlin . |
| 23 | For one , we do n't sponsor skaters , so you can count us out there . |
| 24 | I THOUGHT it was terrific when David JoHansen of the New York Dolls delivered such quips a : ‘ Who cares about the music when one has such sense of drama ? ’ and , ‘ We do n't play too good but we can dance as bad as we want , ’ and ‘ We do n't hold concerts — we throw parties ! ’ , and ‘ It does n't bother us when people say that we ca n't play , when we met we actually could n't , ’ etc , etc , but all these sweeping statements were launched in 1973 , and when those same epigrams are repeated three years later by lesser mortals ( i.e. Sex Pistols , Runaways , Ramones and Kiss ) , things begin to look synthetic . |
| 25 | A devil got into me : ‘ We do n't watch shows , ’ I said haughtily . |
| 26 | We do n't mention Lucker 's gaff with calling me Julie . |
| 27 | We do n't want Mrs O'Dare disturbed by people she would rather not see . ’ |
| 28 | We do n't want Nicam we , we just want |
| 29 | But Worth , who frowns on unauthorised X products , says sniffily : ‘ We do n't want hamburger stands endorsing Malcolm X. ’ |
| 30 | We do n't want privatisation to be postponed . |