Example sentences of "we [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 All that business about Linda — I know we agreed not to talk about it — but I feel such a shit out here .
2 ‘ I know , in spite of the fact that we agreed not to discuss it , it was all because of what had happened in the past , was n't it ? ’
3 That 's why we agreed not to train her .
4 If we are very angry or excited , we tend not to listen to what other people are saying .
5 We tend not to use the word ‘ game ’ , sir .
6 yes , we tend not to use P C Us as much as well a few years ago .
7 We tend not to notice this because in TNC the curriculum proposals came before the discussion of testing and assessment .
8 On the other hand , we tend not to see the intense depression in a motionless and unresponsive horse , or the annoyance in one that has turned its back on the horse or person offending it , or the anxiety in the tightened abdominal muscles of the showpony expecting the pain of the spur .
9 Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history .
10 We tend not to appreciate pleasures like that unless we have had to manage without them .
11 So we tend not to understand horses very well .
12 Nevertheless to make it really easy to reach your daily dietary fibre target of 30g plus , it is an excellent idea to have one regular , constant daily meal breakfast is ideal because we tend not to vary our breakfasts — to supply about half the requirement .
13 We tend not to change unless we have to .
14 Unlike the Labour party and the Militant Tendency we tend not to have card-carrying women , but I can tell the hon. Lady , although I was not asked this question , that precisely 50 per cent .
15 We feigned not to grasp the reference , though Durham City readers may understand it very well .
16 ‘ In fact , I think it might be better if we tried not to have any more contact with each other , do n't you ? ’
17 We tried not to alarm our charges .
18 Or perhaps , for convenience , we pretended not to notice them .
19 But we say not to panic , most cases occur on their own .
20 We say not to panic , most cases occur on their own .
21 Do n't we do n't hold a lot of stuff for any period of time ,
22 You w you will tr we do n't want you know va I mean if we get too many , it could go the other way , but we i if we could get three or four items , that would be very nice .
23 Yeah , but the thing I 'd smu my mum would we do n't want one as far as these .
24 You see we d we do n't know when they 're going to have these parties ,
25 It 's not likely to be over well actually I do n't we do n't know if they 're gon na be building there .
26 We need a reprieve and closing guests The Australian Stooges see we do n't get one .
27 but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account .
28 Well over there you see we do n't get many traffic lights .
29 See we do n't keep a plan , that 's the problem .
30 ‘ There are things we ca n't yet contemplate doing because even if we did we do n't have the processing power to take advantage of them . ’
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