Example sentences of "they [coord] [pers pn] would [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone must be with them or they would n't have got up there , ’ said Maud reasonably . |
| 2 | I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun . |
| 3 | I think I did wash them and they would n't come any cleaner . |
| 4 | No somebody could go in there who belonged to the church anyway , two or three of them and it would n't take long cutting all those brambles and things away . |
| 5 | for me to sign , I said I 'm sorry I 'm not signing them and I would n't sign any of them and he went back and he said alright then we 'll leave it in your husband 's name , I said yes you 'd better had cos he still owns the house , yet all those bills have come through , I 've had water rates come through in my name , I 've had the electricity come through it 's in my name , the only one bill that was never in his name , never has been is the telephone and that 's included |
| 6 | Erm when you read it you come across strange words you know words that maybe you know you 've heard them but you would n't think of trying to write them . |
| 7 | Daphne would happily have paid for them but I would n't allow her to as I wanted my classmates to think we were pals . |