Example sentences of "we [modal v] [not/n't] go " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may not go on to assume that informed opinion then had already recognised the nature of the prospective problem , nor to attribute to the reforming Whigs a reactionary motive which depends on that assumption . |
| 2 | He said too : ‘ I shall see if we may not go back to Nice in the autumn , or Austria or Switzerland . |
| 3 | It is important that constituents should be able to consult us about confidential matters , but surely we should not go so far as to give comfort to murderers and bombers , as has been suggested . |
| 4 | We should not go so far as to hold a referendum , but the people must have the final say . |
| 5 | We should not go too far and argue that the alleged conflict between the monied and landed interests was nothing more than a propagandist 's fiction . |
| 6 | " Yes , there is , " Martha replied , with a firmness which she could hardly have inherited either from her father or her mother , " but there 's no reason why we should n't go and look at things . |
| 7 | We should n't go for anything too serious . |
| 8 | Now one of the things that Ronnie Reagan was disappointed to find was that in order really to address his budget deficit , he cut federal aid to the states but he did it er dressed it up in an ideological argument which said you know that the government is too big , government is too intrusive , government should get off the backs of the people , you know , er we should n't go to government to solve our problems , government is the problem , that 's one of the , one of Ronnie 's other memorable phrases . |
| 9 | There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth . |
| 10 | There is a human characteristic that we like to think , see things in , in very clear cut ways and you 're saying we should n't go overboard and just think that Boris Yeltsin because of his courage standing on the tank and , and helping to prevent the coup , we should n't go overboard and think that he 's er the most marvellous human liberal democrat who ever walked the earth . |
| 11 | ‘ We must not go too far , ’ said Holmes . |
| 12 | ‘ War is insane and we must n't go mad with it . ’ |
| 13 | Yes , of course , and there has to be a balance , and we must n't go too far to one extreme . |
| 14 | But perhaps we might not go there again — for a while anyway . ’ |
| 15 | They was at the gate , so we could n't go in . |
| 16 | We could n't go so easily to theatre , opera or ballet , for it was painful for Michael to remain long in one position . |
| 17 | Cal did n't turn round from the front seat , but Mrs Fry said , ‘ We could n't go on playing Scrabble in the rain when we knew you 'd gone off like that , and your parents sounded so dreadful on the phone . |
| 18 | One thing we were sure of : we could n't go back . |
| 19 | The boss said we could n't go outside because employment inspectors would catch us , and so everyone was fed and slept in the factory . |
| 20 | And that would be one more bar we could n't go back to . |
| 21 | We could n't go home for a month . |
| 22 | But they 've got very very poor eyesight so although they could sense where we were , as we stayed really really still they could n't see us so we were quite safe but er we could n't go any nearer than about ten yards from them erm because there were n't any suitable trees to climb in case they started to chase us . |
| 23 | We could n't go on pretending that the first forty-seven years of Alex 's life had n't happened . |
| 24 | Aye , of course we could n't go near him , we shoot him from a distance , . |
| 25 | But we could n't go ashore until it got better ad then we went round the cape after and down into Aberdeen see . |
| 26 | And sadly that 's it for another day , but we could n't go without dropping a few titbits about tomorrow 's show . |
| 27 | I , I do n't think I ever said that we could n't go ahead with it this year , I merely pointed out , I merely |
| 28 | Pity we could n't go for a romp round a canal is n't it ? |
| 29 | we could n't go anyhow . |
| 30 | to say that we could n't go all er go er tt all go to her house and I was just about to ask Sam if Jenny knew and she put the phone down and she had n't told Jenny . |