Example sentences of "we [verb] not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Not in our set , at all events — for we 've not been asked to any ! ’ |
2 | for you , I said we worked you know , we 've not been given anything , everything |
3 | We 've not been let down once since ‘ Wrote For Luck ’ ; danceable with brilliant lyrics , every one . |
4 | We 've not been told yet — but we do n't believe it will be possible to simulcast Radio 4 on long wave and FM beyond the mid-nineties . |
5 | If we had not been brought here we would be dead |
6 | And we have not been asked to see any patients specifically to help social workers ' assessments . |
7 | In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend 's question about population planning assistance to the former Soviet Union , although we have not been asked for such help , last week I agreed that £2 million-worth of medical aid should be spent in the republics of the former Soviet Union . |
8 | ‘ We have not been diverted back , ’ he says . |
9 | There 's a sick joke that the reason we have not been contacted by an alien civilization is that civilizations tend to destroy themselves when they reach our stage . |
10 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
11 | A statement issued by the board said : ‘ We maintain , as we have done throughout the inquiry , that there is no reason to doubt Mr Evans 's own submission that he did raise his flag on each occasion , and we have not been made aware of any evidence that he did not . ’ |
12 | We have not been cut loose . |
13 | ‘ We have not been massacred in any game over the last six years and it wo n't start on Wednesday , ’ he said . |
14 | There may also be funds in bank or building society accounts but we have not been given any details of these . |
15 | It is difficult to question the Minister when we have not been given the figures . |
16 | ‘ We are walking out because we feel we have not been given a hearing , ’ Inkatha negotiator Joe Matthews said as he left the talks . |
17 | Over the years adaptations of style and emphasis have meant that we have not been left behind in the changing exercise scene . |
18 | It is a finely balanced argument and so far we have not been persuaded by my hon. Friend 's case . |
19 | However , we have not been persuaded that it would be right to extend the special provision which has been made for the infected haemophiliacs . |
20 | ‘ I am sad we have not been afforded the same welcome given to the Beirut hostages , ’ he told a deeply moved audience at the AGM last month . |
21 | As the drivers kept their engines running because of the cold , UNHCR official Larry Hollingworth said : ‘ Unfortunately we have not been allowed to bring the convoy over the bridge . |
22 | We will probably have to prove that we have not been paid for the consignment . |
23 | We have not been told what , if any , relationship they had to the deceased , or why they were appointed . |
24 | The problem is compounded by the fact that we have not been told the prices realised by the sale of the NBC 's subsidiary companies . |
25 | Said club chairman Byron Hughes : ‘ We have not been told anything officially so far and I hope we would be the first to hear . ’ |