Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] it would [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scottish Office has said it would not allow schools with low rolls to opt out , but the parents claim they have enough schools ready to join in a rolling campaign of ballots which would delay closures by two years . |
| 2 | I believe he came to see it would not do . |
| 3 | Slave lines showed a propensity to innovate ; and in any case Abdulkarim seemed to think it would not matter crucially what his widowed sister 's daughter might do . |
| 4 | He was beginning to think it would not have been such a bad thing if he had had an affair with Eleanor . |
| 5 | ‘ I should have known it would n't work . ’ |
| 6 | She made for the study door and he wanted to say , ‘ I would n't if I were you ; he 's in a tear about something , ’ but he knew that even if he did speak it would n't deter her . |
| 7 | But Rob had said it would n't happen . |
| 8 | She does hope it would n't put you out , but she did n't know until yesterday , and you know how unreliable these baby-sitters can be ! ’ |
| 9 | He had known it would not satisfy them , and he waited for the rumbles to grow before he said : ‘ Very well . |