Example sentences of "we not [verb] [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 | But have we not seen this all before in Witness when Harrison Ford tries to assimilate with the Amish ? |
| 3 | Erm in view of your last ruling er Mr Deputy Speaker , is it in order to discuss different voting systems , are we not discussing those eligible to vote and the parliamentary constituencies ? |
| 4 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 5 | In September Richard wrote to the tenants of the archbishopric ordering them not to withhold their duties from Rotherham : ‘ We not willing any of his said rents and duties so to be withholden from him for any thing displeasing us . ’ |
| 6 | Did we not finish that one ? |
| 7 | Sa this wo this kid went out having this bloody bath said can we not do this every day ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Can we not have some where we are . ’ |
| 10 | Are we not doing that then ? |
| 11 | Negotiations with the landlords regarding a reduction of their rent demand of £100,000 per annum have been unsuccessful , and had we not used this break clause we would have been committed to the new conditions of the lease way into the twenty-first century . |
| 12 | The public at home would have been rightly outraged had we not taken this action , while the lessons that would have been drawn by other countries overseas were incalculable . |
| 13 | 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 ? ’ |
| 14 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 15 | So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending , which I think is what Good is abou is suggesting , if carried on properly on market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the financial institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances . |
| 16 | Have we not spent half the night listening to a plan of almost inconceivable fiendishness ? ’ |
| 17 | Please , please , please can we not destroy those part-time jobs ? |
| 18 | Had we not pursued that policy , the position could have been worse . ’ |
| 19 | so 's Christmas why should n't so why should n't we not celebrate that so to speak ? |
| 20 | Do we not know more than we ever did about crowds , power , group behaviour , motivation , national and religious hysteria and so forth ? |
| 21 | ‘ Could we not take some part in your work ? ’ |
| 22 | Why did we not buy another younger centre half ? |