Example sentences of "[not/n't] or would " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we know something else about the bishop 's motive which he could not or would not say to Ramsey . |
| 2 | All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him . |
| 3 | It was clear that Chancery was doing work which the Common Law Courts could not or would not do , and without which men 's rights could not be sufficiently protected . |
| 4 | I did not date the typed copy I made — for Dana could not or would not type , and after we had finished a poem to our common satisfaction , I had to type it out while he rested on the bed — but I am fairly certain it was written soon after I met Dana in that Spanish class for foreigners , which I have noted in my 1957 Letts Diary : ‘ Wednesday , October 16 . |
| 5 | Alternately , this interest might demonstrate the excitement and enjoyment gained from reading about and watching that which we ourselves could not or would not do ; a sort of substituted excitement . |
| 6 | In many districts headmen could not or would not undertake their new duties . |
| 7 | It was something that Harriet had particularly noticed and which made her both angry yet hopeful : angry that her daughter could not or would not always behave in such a way and hopeful that perhaps some day Liza would come to her senses and throw off the mask of invalidism behind which Harriet felt sure she was hiding . |
| 8 | If a biologically grounded disposition showed up simply in the form of what human beings could not or would not do , then there would be no real problem of alternative behaviours . |
| 9 | As we have seen , the trade union movement either could not or would not show the forbearance required , in the national interest , of a great and powerful institution ; nor , for that matter that sense of enlightened self-interest which would have told it that the morality of forbearance was its own best policy . |
| 10 | Although it welcomed the extension of home ownership , it also recognized the problems of families who could not or would not take on the responsibility of home purchase ( Department of the Environment 1977b ) . |
| 11 | In 1051 almost the entire Godwin family was exiled , and Edward sent Ealdred with troops to intercept Earl Harold Godwinsson [ q.v. ] as he fled , but , according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , ‘ they could not or would not . ’ |
| 12 | And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred . |
| 13 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
| 14 | Why was her own heart starting to beat so hard again , frantically , as if it was trying to tell her something she could not or would not hear ? |
| 15 | I then learned from the media that these payments would make up for the loss of revenue caused by people who could not or would not pay the community charge … |
| 16 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |
| 17 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 18 | He knew his mother was dying and he either could n't or would n't go to see her . |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone knew in the business at the time , ’ she continued remorselessly , ‘ but you had such a problem with your ego you could n't or would n't accept it ! |
| 20 | I tapped on the armour-plated glass but he could n't or would n't hear me , so I pressed the button marked ‘ Reception ’ and the old buffer jumped vertically like a Harrier with wind . |
| 21 | Could n't or would n't . |