Example sentences of "we do [adv] [vb infin] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ We do n't wear aprons now . ’ |
| 3 | We do n't expect videos from emerging artists because they can be very expensive , ’ explains Gatfield . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We do n't tolerate crusts on cut sandwiches . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't send men into other countries to interfere with their internal affairs , why should you send your criminals here ? ’ |
| 9 | For one , we do n't sponsor skaters , so you can count us out there . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A devil got into me : ‘ We do n't watch shows , ’ I said haughtily . |
| 12 | We do n't want tiles now look |
| 13 | In strong winds we do n't want beginners to be overpowered and so we reduce the sail area , that 's known as reefing . |
| 14 | You know like I say there is quite a lot of trust and erm I think Yona and me are sort of aware er we 're very much united in the feeling that we do n't we do n't want things to erm you know we want everybody to be involved and obviously different people have different things to offer . |
| 15 | ‘ We do n't want members to spend lots of money . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ We do n't want members to spend a lot of money , ’ he says . |
| 17 | In fact , I 'd reject every plan handed in today — on the grounds that we do n't want railways operated by skin-of-the-teeth men . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ We do n't want girls ’ , prospective employers were reported as saying , ‘ unless they are pretty ’ . |
| 19 | We do n't want Americans to think we are n't hospitable , and besides , she 's bound to be lying there thinking of sex , poor little thing , and it 'll be all wet and hairy , and so deliciously — ’ |
| 20 | Then realising to whom she was referring she stopped and , embarrassed now , she muttered , ‘ Well , it was a fib in a good cause ; we do n't want bairns scampering around this place , do we ? ’ |
| 21 | We want the E E C to do the same we do n't want pious statements we do n't want words we need action and deeds now , colleagues . |
| 22 | The author Jeanette Winterson provides a maxim for female artists past and present when she says : ‘ We do n't want men to package us but we must have the freedom to describe ourselves ’ . |
| 23 | We do n't want men to die . ’ |
| 24 | We do n't want trades unions , we want unions . |
| 25 | I said , we is a family , I said , we 're a big family , I said , We do n't eat sweets , I said , Well we 've got those I said , it 's no use throwing them , we just put them in . |
| 26 | ‘ We do n't eat bugs , ’ snipped the mice . |
| 27 | We do n't stop diabetics having insulin . |
| 28 | ‘ We do n't answer questions like that , Boris . ’ |
| 29 | We do n't answer questions from thieves . ’ |
| 30 | We do n't likle trains do we Michael ? |