Example sentences of "[coord] we [modal v] not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , I am paying his salary , and we ca n't afford to be without him for six months . |
| 2 | ‘ And we would n't want to anyway , ’ Eve said with her chin stuck out . |
| 3 | brown tiles and it was brown tiles all in that room and of course we could n't , we had started a business and all the money had gone into the business and we could n't afford to , to start carpeting , it was impossible , so , but that room really looked superb I think , I had huge rugs , you know , one in front of the fireplace and another one this end and the other end in colour , in colours , and there really , it really looked nice and the floor was polished up to the nines , you know , er right through here all polished all the same colour |
| 4 | As a PLC we would have the greater freedom and flexibility vitally needed to match the increasing pace of change and to provide new or different services — and we can not afford to be too slow or too late . |
| 5 | But we wo n't come to a standstill . ’ |
| 6 | The world is full of pain but we need n't add to it . |
| 7 | but we can not demand to be desired , for desire operates in complex , often unconscious ways . |
| 8 | But we can not afford to be so self-indulgent and dismissive . |
| 9 | So here is mystery with a vengeance — we seem to have the attractive idea that Christ died for you and me , he went to the utmost limit for us , he gave everything away , and in some mysterious and tantalizing fashion he took my sin and yours upon himself , but we can not say to whom the price was paid ! |
| 10 | But we can not skip to this stage until our anger has been expressed . |
| 11 | The Punjab governor , Mr S.S.Ray , said yesterday : ‘ Every time the Prime Minister comes to the state , such killings are organised but we will not succumb to such terror tactics . ’ |
| 12 | No but we should n't need to . |
| 13 | But we could n't add to our early goal and just lost our shape a bit when they came back at us . |