Example sentences of "would not for " in BNC.
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| 1 | British filmmakers would not for much longer feel free to look behind the placid surface of English life . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted . |
| 3 | ‘ I would not for a moment have it supposed that I mean anything derogatory to Dr. Yeats … but human nature is fallible . |
| 4 | I would not for a moment be without these sterling qualities but the imagery of this great movement is vivid and declamatory and Bach 's intention was surely to arouse the passions of his audience . |
| 5 | It is wholly unnecessary to go that far in the present case and I would not for a moment suggest that the common law of England is bound or even likely to follow every twist of the development of the common law in the United States . |
| 6 | Tuda 's episcopal consecration in southern Ireland would not for long have been acceptable . |
| 7 | Gentlemen , I would not for the world be judge in a cause in which I am one party among three . |
| 8 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 9 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 10 | I would not for my amusement wish for a storm ; but as storms , whether wished or not , will sometimes happen , I may say , without violation of humanity , that I should willingly look out upon them from Slanes [ sic ] castle . ’ |
| 11 | However , I would not for one moment deny the continuity and the gradualness of the processes which are changing the earth . |
| 12 | On the other hand , he would not for any money have delegated it to anyone else . |
| 13 | If your good lady mother is indisposed , I would not for the world — ’ |
| 14 | I would not for a moment propose we face the same immediate peril confronting the world in the early 1940s . |
| 15 | Critical of the US deployment , the Soviet Union would not for the time being join an international force , but would consider how to respond if the UN Security Council decided on military action . |
| 16 | Sir er sir the I think I would not for a moment argue that minerals considerations can be ove overriding in this matter . |