Example sentences of "he would [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least one member of the jury said he would not have given a sentence of death ( which must be unanimous ) had he known that Prejean had suffered prolonged mental and physical abuse from his guardians . |
| 2 | He was never to say hello to you , and he once said that he would not be interested in his child ‘ until he can go out shooting with me ’ . |
| 3 | And Goldberg , on his pad : If the fool had ever bothered to read what I have written on the subject in the essay on aura and the hour he would not have flailed about as he does here . |
| 4 | Sir Kenneth Newman , to whom the report was presented , candidly admitted he would not have commissioned it in the first place ( it was commissioned by his predecessor , Sir David McNee ) , while the official Police Federation magazine ( Police , December 1983 ) concluded in an editorial : |
| 5 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 6 | He would not be in at all if she could stand it . |
| 7 | Menzies the old bon vivant had not a fraction of Atholl 's strength , he would not dare to turn them away , and if he did they would go in there with sticks and clubs and — As Cameron felt his anger rising , he swallowed it , took up his own cherrywood stick from the corner , and went hack outside . |
| 8 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 9 | JN OGILVY 1694 — he would not write ANGUS CAMERON in his cell , it would be like leaving a vital part of himself here forever . |
| 10 | He led the war-effort locally by encouraging volunteers to enlist , saying , ‘ I would not consider my son fit for recognition in civil society if he would not fight for his land , his flag , and his king . ’ |
| 11 | She handed him the tube , being fairly and correctly sure he would not ask her outright to rub it in for him . |
| 12 | He might read for a while but he would not come downstairs , would not hear anything if she were quiet . |
| 13 | He pushed harder today , knowing he would not hurt her . |
| 14 | He felt that if he waltzed his dancers round and round as in a ballroom he would not be interpreting Chopin 's idealised romantic waltzes for a solo pianist . |
| 15 | If he were to conform to the strict rules of etiquette and combat guiding the danseurs nobles of the French opera-ballets , he would not demean himself by seizing the nearest thing at hand , the rudder from his boat , to put his adversary to flight . |
| 16 | ‘ The Secretary of State made it quite clear earlier in the year that he would not extend the deadline , ’ she said . |
| 17 | In the last chapter , in prison , he says that without the crime he would not have found within himself such questions , desires , feelings , needs , strivings , and development . ’ |
| 18 | Her captain , Commander Colin Fearbrache , described the talks as positive , although he would not say when the operations would begin or how often they would take place . |
| 19 | One tabloid , threatened since with a writ , went as far as to say that he would not be able to find such a sum . |
| 20 | 6 October , 1835 FELIX MENDELSSOHN writes to his family from Leipzig : ‘ The day after I accompanied the Hensels to Delitzsch , Chopin arrived here ; he would not stay more than a day , and so we spent it together entirely , and played music . |
| 21 | But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary . |
| 22 | But he emphasised that he would not put himself up as a challenger to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 23 | ‘ We did not bring them here to sit in the stand , ’ Roxburgh said , although he would not commit himself as to whether either was considered a starter against the French . |
| 24 | Mr Coleman promised he would not push for legislation which would severely restrict abortion in Virginia . |
| 25 | He has stated that , as Governor of New Jersey , he would not push for legislation to restrict abortion drastically . |
| 26 | Central banker to the core , he would not entertain the notion of crisis . |
| 27 | But one well-placed Cabinet source did say privately that he would not put money on it ; there was no such thing as an easy answer to current problems ; and that ERM entry would be tantamount to jumping from ‘ the puddle and into the pond ’ . |
| 28 | Ruud Gullit flew back to Milan from Amsterdam yesterday to resume light training after a Brussels specialist confirmed he would not need further surgery on a nagging knee injury . |
| 29 | He would not fail her , he said . |
| 30 | One suspects he would not make it were Islam a majority religion in Britain . |