Example sentences of "we do [not/n't] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well over there you see we do n't get many traffic lights . |
| 2 | We did n't think that was terribly plausible , but he was quite serious |
| 3 | So we did n't think much of it as a name at first but while Malcolm was away in the States , we somehow came round to it and decided to go with it . |
| 4 | We did n't think this could be true , somehow , and then one of my friends whose sense of humour was decidedly quirky , asked it to tap out in tens the age at which I was going to die . |
| 5 | Frankly we were so tired we did n't care any more . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ We did n't handle that very well , ’ Meredith said at last . |
| 7 | We did n't watch much video this morning at all really |
| 8 | We did n't make many runs despite Ward 's gallantry and lost easily . |
| 9 | I got married twenty three years ago in China , well , we just invite er , invited er our friends , and er former school mates to ma , to my home and we did n't make any vow , er we just gave a banquet to the friends , and er , in China people now can get married in many ways and er some foreigners have come to China to get married in a traditional Chinese way , and they have to er , carry their bride in a sedan chair . |
| 10 | The worst , the worst possible scenario , would be a need to reduce I think two investigative , if we did n't make any appointments now , a need to reduce er by up to two investigators , should be also including one next year . |
| 11 | We did n't make enough chances . |
| 12 | We did n't make enough of the opportunity that we had er in the attacking third . |
| 13 | Besides , in those days , the girls would have been on to it quick as a flash and we did n't want that . |
| 14 | In actual fact the er farmer put the planning application in to hold this market every week really refused it outright saying it 's a very sensitive area of Green belt and we did n't want two hundred er stalls there every Sunday on the car park coming out of the road and everything else . |
| 15 | That 's because we did n't want half an hour and he wanted half an a hour . |
| 16 | Patiently , I went through the same arguments that I 'd used with Mazzin himself , emphasizing that we did n't want any trouble but would n't tolerate abuse , and that we felt Islamic Jihad did n't want to cause us unnecessary distress . |
| 17 | Said one insider : " We did n't want any International incidents with players who might say something indiscreet to the tabloid press . " |
| 18 | My own mob was right at the front of the fuss : we did n't want any more secret organisations on our patch . ’ |
| 19 | He knew from the start we did n't love each other . |
| 20 | A defence spokesman yesterday said : ‘ We did n't send armoured vehicles there because we did n't think it was dangerous . ’ |
| 21 | Now corals grow under the sea but we did n't collect this particular specimen there . |
| 22 | In some parts , the setts of the original path , laid when the canal was built in 1810 , were uncovered ( though we did n't discover any valuable Victorian artefacts ! ) . |
| 23 | I had spoken to your father before on the telephone , when your sister was first reported missing , but we did n't cover all that much ground . ’ |
| 24 | We did n't manage that level of display against a big and strong Canadian team at Wembley . |
| 25 | ‘ Actually , we did n't choose that song to record at all , so do n't blame us , ’ points out Simmons . |
| 26 | ‘ Is n't it lucky I dropped all the paint , because now you can see where the trail starts , because we did n't paint any trees once we could see the road . ’ |
| 27 | We did n't ban those . |
| 28 | we did n't plant much then . |
| 29 | We did n't build this road for you to dance a bloody fandango on . ’ |
| 30 | We did n't pay any attention , but a minute later one of the waiters came up to the table in a hurry . |