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 . ’
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