Example sentences of "we [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not all my imagination , this something came from her as well as from me — a joint umbilical cord , something we dared not speak of , of course , yet which we both knew was there . |
| 2 | We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy . |
| 3 | As we did not perform endoscopy in this control group , we can not rule out the inclusion of a few patients with gastritis . |
| 4 | ‘ If we did not feel 100 per cent positive about our ability to fly the plane safely , we would not put it in the air . ’ |
| 5 | In the meanwhile , we did not feel it right to make aspects of knowledge about language in the programmes of study ( which will be legally obligatory for every pupil working at levels 5 to 10 ) too extensive or demanding . |
| 6 | Those messages like ‘ Little boys do n't cry ’ , ‘ Keep a stiff upper lip ’ and ‘ Maintain a brave face ’ make it very difficult to describe experiences where we did not feel in control and did not appear invulnerable . |
| 7 | The Treaty of Rome , with the consent of the British people , was given force in this country by our EC Act of 1972 ; Brussels has no power to legislate for us that we did not give it . |
| 8 | Storms blew down the trees , fires ravaged the plantation , dry years killed our saplings — but we did not give up , we laboured on ! " |
| 9 | For the last few years it was held up by 20 players of outstanding international standard and we did not realise that technically we were dying ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We did not realise what it meant and the more I have listened to them it is fair comment that they are saying it is too much . |
| 11 | ‘ We did not suggest otherwise , ’ Frau Geller assured her primly . |
| 12 | We did not suggest in our previous Scientific Correspondence that such trials should not take place ; indeed one of us ( J. R. ) will soon be involved in a clinical trial of MicroGeneSys gp160 in pregnant women . |
| 13 | Paul Jukes , general manager of Owen Owen , said : ‘ As with everybody else we did not open until 3pm and so we lost a lot of trade . ’ |
| 14 | We did not achieve that , but the Regional Council has undertaken to carry the full costs itself . |
| 15 | We did not stop , and when I got home to Banbury it was to hear that my mother had died that day in Cardiff . |
| 16 | But we did not stop at the café . |
| 17 | We did not stop with nightfall . |
| 18 | And we did not stop for four days , discussing every detail , going over every bit of ground . |
| 19 | We did not go in search of miracles , we invited them to come to us . |
| 20 | I should mention that if for any reason we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 21 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 22 | I should mention that if , for any reason , we did not go ahead or had to withdraw from publication , we reserve the right to give you adequate notice of our intention . |
| 23 | ‘ We did not go into that lightly , ’ says Mr Garner . |
| 24 | For example , we did not go to Australia in July . |
| 25 | We did not go up in the same lift , but were taken to another one , apparently for the use of directors only . |
| 26 | ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but obviously I am interested in signing him . |
| 27 | ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but I am interested in signing him . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We did not want the war , he continued , his voice getting weaker . |
| 29 | We did not want to exclude ourselves from membership ; but we could not accept such an automatic commitment . |
| 30 | Wendy and I had decided that we did not want to remain in Wolverton , if we could go to one of the more interesting towns nearby . |