Example sentences of "we [vb mod] not [verb] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the " we " -groups are exogamous , as is very often the case , the " we/they " distinction corresponds exactly to the distinction " those with whom we may not intermarry because they are of common substance with us " / " those with whom we may intermarry because they are not of common substance with us " . |
| 2 | Erm , funnily enough earlier on in August , erm , I rang you up about Yugoslavia , and er , I , one of the reasons that I gave for not , the Europeans , not intervening in Yugoslavia was my fear that it might lead to the Russian military unseating Gorbachev and my , er , discard that the , the sick man of Russia , so erm , sort of parallel I , well I would n't parallel it with Yugoslavia , my argument in Yugoslavia was that we should n't intervene because we do not have primary interests with , I mean , well we clearly have general interest but we do n't have primary interest , additionally in Russia is that everybody , in the world have interest but I would definitely here say that Britain should clearly do nothing per . |
| 3 | That we should work with the R D C in helping to develop management skills in , in the village shops , that we should n't see whether we ca n't use the village shops as tourist information points in the area . |
| 4 | One lad with us , a genuine Cockney , finished up by explaining to this ( probably normally ) mild-mannered Italian who spoke no English at all that we could n't pay because we were ‘ borassic ’ . |
| 5 | We could n't talk because I believe he badly wanted to telephone someone who had just returned from China , so it was just a handshake really . |
| 6 | The anti-realist does not believe in the existence of this further ‘ real ’ world which lies behind the world that we know and which may come apart from our world in ways which of course we could not recognize if they occurred . |
| 7 | The board has tried to gather information about the bid , but we could not act until we knew who to act for or against . |
| 8 | We believe political officials have responsibilities we could not defend if we had to build these directly from the ordinary requirements of individual personal morality most of us accept for ourselves and others in nonpolitical life . |
| 9 | We could not see whether it was a man or a woman , as it was completely covered with sheets . |
| 10 | ‘ We summoned the sorcerers , and we sat long nights in Council , for we knew that we dare not wait until it was time for the Ritual of the Beastline to take place ; we had to know long before that if the birth of twins into the Royal House had truly damaged the Enchantment . |
| 11 | But it would be no good to them and say well you know right in the middle of nowhere , cow er sheep or cow country , there are a number of courses we would n't touch because we would n't be able to get enough sus er you know even with five erm major businesses . |
| 12 | But we ca n't start until he 's s he 's sitting . |
| 13 | We ca n't strike because we 'd be breaking our contracts , but I 'm sure not many want to stay . ’ |
| 14 | " We ca n't talk while he 's around . " |
| 15 | is that we ca n't move until we know what sort of structure is being offered , the general offer of structure is to take advice because we , we could then but unless we know what is forthcoming we do n't |
| 16 | But with a lamp out well we ca n't tell whether they 're no-gooders , neighbours or what . |
| 17 | ‘ We know we can get the inhibitor genes into a cell but we ca n't tell whether we 'll be able to produce this inhibitor efficiently enough until we test it . |
| 18 | We ca n't ask if they 've seen Tamsin because nobody can hear . |
| 19 | So we ca n't win if we get this . |
| 20 | We ca n't win until we get |
| 21 | ‘ The nice thing about fighting a seat like this is that we ca n't lose since we 're coming from rock bottom . |
| 22 | Has some sort of scientific force aboard — but we ca n't find where they worked . |
| 23 | ‘ We have jobs that we ca n't fill because we ca n't find the right quality person for them , ’ admits Charles Macleod of Robert Half . |
| 24 | However , the child who dances with delight upon hearing her father 's key in the lock does unmistakably believe that he is at the door , in normal circumstances , but , without asking her , we will not know if she is aware of the next day 's possible delay . |
| 25 | Pat said : ‘ Things just fell apart after mum died , now we want to get together again , and we wo n't rest until we find Pamela . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ WE WO N'T REST UNTIL WE FIND OUT THE TRUTH ’ |
| 27 | ‘ We wo n't rest until she has been found , ’ her mother Marilyn Payne , 46 , said yesterday . |
| 28 | Mm , there may be a need post two thousand and six for a further settlement , we wo n't know until we see , we do n't know the strategic policy context in which that decision will be taken , nor nor of course exactly what sort of demographic requirements may be arising in that period . |
| 29 | ‘ Or it may not be , but we wo n't know till we sue them . ’ |
| 30 | We sha n't know until we let those vampires loose at you . ’ |