Example sentences of "we not [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a passage can be reduced to a set of elementary propositions of the kind approximately represented in [ 9 ] , can we not regard this as the neutral , " styleless " version against which all other paraphrases , such as [ 8 ] , are stylistically marked in varying degrees ? |
| 2 | Did we not finish that one ? |
| 3 | Sa this wo this kid went out having this bloody bath said can we not do this every day ? |
| 4 | Could we not have all guessed that Lt Col Custer ( he gave himself the rank of general ) came 34th out of the class of 34 at West Point . |
| 5 | Can we not have some where we are . ’ |
| 6 | Since the musician works with notes , why should we not accept that colour by its intrinsic force is capable of expressing a painter 's thought ? ’ |
| 7 | Please , please , please can we not destroy those part-time jobs ? |
| 8 | Do we not know more than we ever did about crowds , power , group behaviour , motivation , national and religious hysteria and so forth ? |
| 9 | ‘ Could we not take some part in your work ? ’ |
| 10 | Why did we not buy another younger centre half ? |
| 11 | We offered the Government time , saying , ’ Let us not waste each other 's time : let us abolish the poll tax now , and get rid of it by April 1992 . ’ |
| 12 | Or let us not forget that research on Japan in the 1930s has revealed conflicts of interest between and within the military , zaibatsu , politicians and the bureaucracy . |
| 13 | Exactly , and let us not forget this either . |
| 14 | Let us not shatter that illusion for a week or so . |
| 15 | But come , let us not discuss these matters here . ’ |