Example sentences of "we do [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I thi I mean there were quite a number of people , I would say on the flats that we did n't make contact with at all . |
2 | I did n't go because I was suddenly seized by an overwhelming passion for him , we did n't make love on the tiger-skin rug in that little box of a room you gave him , his pear-shaped body pressed against my ageing but still voluptuous frame . ’ |
3 | We did n't make Abisko , chickening out as the weather worsened and the forecasts began to sound even more dire . |
4 | My husband and I had always lamented not learning to ski as young children so we did n't want Jessica , our two-year-old , to miss out too . |
5 | It was awfully sporting of IBM Corp to set up consultancy , systems integration and facilities management ventures in an attempt to put to profitable use the surplus skills of so many of its employees , and only curmudgeons asked if IBMers were actually the right people for the job : sad to say , the curmudgeons were right , and according to Computerworld , the head of the new IBM Consulting Group in White Plains , New York , Robert Howe , says that it is having to hire people from the likes of Andersen Consulting and Coopers & Lybrand , because as he told the paper , ‘ we 've tried IBMers , but frankly we 've had to send some home — some IBM people did n't get the notion of the service business — they did n't understand that we did n't want administrators and middle managers ’ . |
6 | And who of us has never made a phone call we did n't want others to overhear ? |
7 | We did n't want money . |
8 | ‘ We did n't want Tim to die without Dominic and Abby seeing him and touching him . |
9 | It 's just that we have a little surprise for you and we did n't want Mr Woodentop spoiling it . ’ |
10 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
11 | We did n't want people to think it was only for production and engineering . |
12 | I mean , of course there were things that were missed out I suppose , but also , I suppose , we were quite young , so it may have quite embarrassing and we did n't want talk about certain things . |
13 | We did n't carry batons for ornaments . |
14 | So let's not feel too depressed that we did n't send 20-year-olds , half from northern clubs , and half from southern ones . |
15 | It is true that we did n't speak Polish — well , a few words maybe : Tak , nie , dziękuje . |
16 | It was the question of making sure that we did n't pay tax on any of that three four four five . |
17 | No , we did n't do Africa |
18 | I was in the Drama Club when I was when I stayed at home , but we did n't do pantomimes , we we did plays , one act plays , and three act plays , we did three act plays . |
19 | We did n't do rice . |
20 | We did n't grow sugar beet . |
21 | You 'll notice we did n't mention syphilis and gonorrhoea ; |
22 | she used to call us heathens cos we did n't wear vests . |
23 | Erm we did n't waste money in any way . |
24 | This was that if we did n't take part in the inquiry , then it would be easy for the pro-nuclear lobby to accuse us of ignoring democracy , throwing up the chance to have our say , implying that our case was too weak to risk exposure . |
25 | ‘ We went on continental holidays for about fourteen years all over Europe , except the hot countries — we did n't touch Spain ! |
26 | WE DID N'T need confirmation that the Department of Social Security is staffed with bureaucratic clowns , but their idiotic treatment of Olympic archery hero Simon Terry gave it . |
27 | No we did n't buy tyres , no they were tyre mileage rates and erm mileage was the , tyres were paid for on the mileage run . |
28 | We did n't like grandma and grandpa , and we did n't like their gravity either . |
29 | ‘ IF WE DID N'T SHOOT FOXES , WITHIN TWO OR THREE YEARS , WE 'D HAVE TO GIVE UP SHEEP FARMING . ’ |
30 | We did n't know blacks , yet were always sure that we knew their real interests and what they were thinking ! |