Example sentences of "not [verb] we could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 2 | I did not think we could invade this year . |
| 3 | I do not think we could justify turning our backs . ’ |
| 4 | I do not think we could bid for the money part as Japan has the reputation of trying to get its own way by money . |
| 5 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Presumably they did not think we could add anything . |
| 7 | This quadratic form is not , as previously , a sum of squares ; but provided it is not zero we could choose di to make the element unity , when we should have ( with X for Xd ) unc On account of the properties established here , it is usual to say that the modes of a system are orthogonal to each other . |
| 8 | Yes I do n't think we could manage any . |
| 9 | I did n't think we could go wrong . |
| 10 | ‘ I really do n't think we could cope with another such situation . |
| 11 | We did a lot of woodwork at the school because they did n't think we could deal with books . |
| 12 | Without them , I do n't think we could buy the hospital the vital equipment it needs . |
| 13 | I do n't think we could imagine a society without them now . |
| 14 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't think we could ask her ? |
| 16 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 17 | I do n't know we could look into that . |
| 18 | We had a room booked for the Christmas dinner and we did n't have the courage to go ahead with it , because we did n't feel we could sell the tickets . |
| 19 | ‘ But we were all in our twenties , taking it very seriously , and we did n't feel we could take a chance with someone still at school . |
| 20 | I do n't reckon we could find the labour to get them put back again . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't suppose we could have it |