Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [adv] [conj] we [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are not together because we happen to be two women , ’ says Sandra . |
| 2 | All we knew was that they were not there when we needed them , and we blamed them . |
| 3 | But wha when I was , you were n't around when we played them then were you ? |
| 4 | ‘ So how come you were n't here when we got back ? |
| 5 | Let me introduce you because you were n't here when we did the introductions , were you ? |
| 6 | cos there were only you and Marion were n't there and we knew somebody else would be kicked out . |
| 7 | " The boy ; they were n't there when we went in nor were they around on the two occasions I checked the street , not were they there when I accompanied the doctor to the cab . " |
| 8 | The night is not over and we need our sleep . ’ |
| 9 | However , the excitement is not simply that we have produced data consistent with the presence of large animals . |
| 10 | That matter is not really as we perceive it has been known to chemists and physicists for over 150 years , but despite Einstein 's demonstration , and that of other atomic scientists since , that matter and energy are interchangeable , we persist in our view that physical matter is solid and stable . |
| 11 | On the personal computer business , Platt said the company is ‘ gaining a lot of recognition ’ in what he called a ‘ ruthless ’ business , adding that cost-cutting had improved profitability , ‘ but it is not quite where we want it to be . ’ |
| 12 | Elean : As a firm supporter of the South African People 's struggle , it is not often that we see this side of apartheid oppression coming out in the liberation literature . |
| 13 | The point is not only that we do as a matter of fact accept " the same meaning " and " a different meaning " as intelligible concepts , but that any attempt to define the criteria of interchangeability of expressions with regard to their meaning presupposes their intelligibility . |
| 14 | ‘ The sobering thought , as decades turn , ’ says social psychologist Duncan Cramer , ‘ is not only that we have less time to live , but that options also narrow . ’ |
| 15 | This is not so and we stress that the results in Fig. 1.1 are routinely found . |
| 16 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured . |
| 17 | It 's not just because we 've had police officers injured — we 've had extra officers in their all the time , but we 're going to step that up now . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's not over until we say it 's over , ’ said Karen Beckwith . |
| 19 | ‘ This is n't over until we 've got that book . |
| 20 | After all , we may be learning as we go along but it is n't long before we discover that not everybody has a sylph-like waist or arms that with a little stretch will trail along the floor ! |
| 21 | He was a very good teacher of theology , but it was not long before we discovered that he had a dreadful fear that the depression that was sweeping Europe , as well as this country , was becoming the cause of another even worse war . |
| 22 | It was not long before we had to try our swords , as the billhooks had become , on something real and so a row of perfectly harmless Brussels Sprouts were decapitated . |
| 23 | Er because neither of us could really manage in the kitchen it was not long before we became very tired of having to eat convenience food sad looking old meat pies , dried out chips and heated up frozen vegetables soon palled . |
| 24 | It was not long before we decided that the question had to be turned on its head . |
| 25 | It was n't long before we realised there were many other talents around who wanted to be part of it . |
| 26 | However , the atmosphere was so friendly and relaxed that it was n't long before we made lots of friends and , spurred on by the Animation Team , joined in the occasional game of volleyball or tennis — you can hire racquets and even have expert tuition if you want to improve on your technique . |
| 27 | when we got down there , and erm , rang the bloke and he was n't in and we kept ringing and he was n't in . |