Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] would [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This place we 're going to , it 's in Mariánské Láznë ? ’ she thought she should enquire , since it seemed they would not be walking to this lunchtime venue . |
| 2 | I silently vowed I would not be returning to Coldstream . |
| 3 | It had to be done very quickly because once the tanks arrived we would not be allowed to go any further until they had passed through the city . |
| 4 | On the day on which 6,500 redundancy notices were delivered to army personnel , Grampian Enterprise confirmed it would not be renewing the grant when the 18-month contract runs out in March . |
| 5 | She guessed he would n't be used to much of that from her sex . |
| 6 | It meant I would n't be perceived as another girl singer — and I could set the look and feel and energy of what I was about . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If I knew I would n't be asking you , and if I did n't know her inside out I would have said she was worried about something . ’ |
| 8 | Roza Niedzwiedz would gladly have come with me but , as an alien , she feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain . |
| 9 | I knew you would n't be expecting me , but I really — I needed to see you , too , ’ he confessed , ‘ just to be sure I was still alive . ’ |
| 10 | I said , ‘ They 'd surrender many of them , if they knew they would n't be shot or mistreated . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They thought they would not be caught . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | By Nick bogeying the last it meant he would n't be playing in the last group which was now Paul and David Frost . |
| 14 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 15 | Douglas Avery had gone in to the bank as usual , after collecting Irene 's clothes , so Juliet knew he would n't be visiting during the afternoon . |
| 16 | He knew he would not be caught . |
| 17 | I knew it would n't be cut and dried vs Man City so I was pleased with the result . |
| 18 | At the height of the party , when he thought he would not be missed , Seb slipped away to return to Fern Cottage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And if they did they would n't be laughing ; they 'd be too busy tracking their way through the undergrowth . |
| 22 | He also predicted that even if Aristide won he would not be permitted to assume the presidency . |
| 23 | I said I would n't be calling again and I meant what I said . ’ |
| 24 | I rang him up before I went down and said I would n't be going in , I said I 'll just drop it off for you I says , cos er there 's me and June full of cold , it 's no good letting Ben get it is it ? |
| 25 | And she hoped I would n't be put off like she was . |
| 26 | She regretted she would not be seeing Urquhart again for only one reason , or so she told herself . |
| 27 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 28 | They all said they would not be involved again , though they would support it and wished the new committee luck . |
| 29 | In Teheran 's poor southern suburbs , which supposedly form the bedrock of support for the Islamic revolution , many young people said they would not be voting . |
| 30 | The guard appeared surprised and said they would not be fed . " |