Example sentences of "[vb base] we [modal v] not [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They realise we ca n't afford to pay contract money , ’ Lowe said . |
| 2 | I have also learnt much from the skills of others : without Chris Whitaker and Tess Lomax we might not have succeeded in improving the way we organise community care . |
| 3 | I mean we ca n't keep going shopping every week for , erm providing like all the meal or do we ? |
| 4 | I mean we would n't want to keep traipsing through her house every time |
| 5 | Your information largely confirms what we already knew , and I trust we shall not need to trouble you again . ’ |
| 6 | And for the women you know I mean it 's i in a situation you probably I do n't know you know this comment that , Oh my my wife 's gon na nag me back to work , or whatever that was made in the beginning probably could be that the women were saying , Oh my God you know we ca n't afford to have you on strike just accept it you know just I 'm definitely not I think really they have felt they have really changed fund fundamentally they 've found a self confidence that they can say no you know it 's not good enough . |
| 7 | ‘ I know we should n't have let him go , but I did n't feel we know him well enough to tell him he was too drunk to drive . ’ |
| 8 | But they do not question traditional psychology 's male-identified emphasis on , for example , objectivity and success : ‘ We are both feminists … and although we have tried to be objective about the value-laden topics discussed in this book , we know we can not have succeeded entirely ’ ( 1974 : 12–13 , my emphasis ) . |
| 9 | If you think me wrong , it simply means you have , as I used to say , let money ‘ slip through your hands ’ : and remember we can not afford to despise money . |
| 10 | Well , I suppose we need n't get married , need we ? ’ |
| 11 | Here we have to work around not only a collection of possessions which have become part of our lives , but also carpets or curtains or wall coverings we feel we ca n't afford to replace . |
| 12 | ( From which point we must not fail to understand the high importance of crypto-amnesiac inputs , as we shall see ) . |
| 13 | I think we should n't need to do this . |
| 14 | Ah , thank you very much , she said we 're very appre very much appreciate the fact that you 've given up your time to come and talk to our members you see we ca n't afford to pay for really good speakers |