Example sentences of "we just do not [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 We just do not feel that it is appropriate that this whole area should now be run from London .
2 One thing that we did was find that there were molecules much , much bigger than was expected in the sense that there were many , many more carbon atoms involved than had previously been thought possible , and even now we just do not understand the processes whereby they are formed .
3 We just do not have the information to go on . ’
4 As the great British biologist/mathematician J.B.S. Haldane commented , human beings would be hard pressed , however long natural selection acted upon them , to sprout the wings of an angel ; we just do not have the genes that would even begin to provide the appropriate structures , and past selection has never acted to provide us with these structures .
5 May , 1982 , ‘ The Argentinian air force has the latest attack aircraft and missiles , which we just do not have .
6 We just do not know the natures we are supposed to know , or how various properties follow from them .
7 In truth , however , we just do not know whether this is impossible .
8 We just do not know whether economic wind generators , still less economic wave-power and geothermal power , is going to be developed , ’ he said .
9 Why he allows those things we just do not know .
10 It might have been a cry for help — we just do not know . ’
11 We just do not know .
12 ‘ On a couple of occasions we just did not get the bounce of the ball .
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