Example sentences of "[verb] he would not be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 2 | He had decided he would not be sitting in the front any longer . |
| 3 | Last week Dr Feeney , who has just completed a lecture tour of the States , let it be known he would not be seeking the SDLP nomination to contest the Oldpark ward in North Belfast . |
| 4 | Was Puddephat exceptionally tidy , or had he known he would not be coming back to these rooms after his trip to Paris ? |
| 5 | Two days after insisting he would not be tempted out of international retirement , Kriss Akabusi was controversially named for the 400m hurdles , ahead of the new British champion Gary Cadogan . |
| 6 | However , senior officers had it clear in their own minds that the disgrace he had brought to the rank meant he would not be allowed to keep it . |
| 7 | He knew he would not be caught . |
| 8 | At the height of the party , when he thought he would not be missed , Seb slipped away to return to Fern Cottage . |
| 9 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 10 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 11 | The accountant realising he would not be fobbed off , tried harder and came up with some facts . |
| 12 | He also predicted that even if Aristide won he would not be permitted to assume the presidency . |
| 13 | At the end of the prosecution case at Teesside Crown Court yesterday , James Chadwin QC , defending , said he would not be calling any evidence . |
| 14 | Mr Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , admitted the Government had ‘ got it wrong ’ , but said he would not be resigning . |
| 15 | But wealthy Mr Meinertzhagen — a Lloyds ‘ name ’ — said he would not be taking civil action against the bar . |
| 16 | ‘ Go up ! ’ he hissed anxiously , hoping he 'd not be heard ; horrified that she had been witness to Gosse 's death . |
| 17 | ‘ I have it on good authority that when Satan left , Christ did it but then changed them back to show he would not be tempted to eat . |