Example sentences of "she would [not/n't] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | But I managed , with little difficulty , to convince myself that she would n't miss a handful from a whole bowl . |
| 2 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 3 | The first row the husband stabbed the wife and she would n't make a complaint about it . |
| 4 | Dana could n't know about Berenice ; she was n't heartless … she would n't want a life built on another woman 's misery . |
| 5 | However much she might have set herself up to be hurt , she told herself defiantly , selecting white Bermudas and a cool Chinese-style silk blouse from her small selection of clothes , however much of a fool she might have made of herself , she would n't change a thing . |
| 6 | We 'd say , " What happened next ? " and she would n't say a word . |
| 7 | You know , you would never believe it , until she got married she would n't say a boo . |
| 8 | She would n't take a groom with her although I warned her that the fog might come down later . " |
| 9 | So she would n't get a bollocking ? |
| 10 | In three months , too , while she knew she would n't get a job that paid as well as the one she had now , she should have secured another job , should n't she ? |
| 11 | It did n't matter what he did , she would n't hear a word against him . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ She would n't hear a word from me about it . ’ |
| 13 | Ours , this one , she left her kids and they have n't got a television , she would n't have a television in her house |
| 14 | She would n't have a dog about the place . ’ |
| 15 | Despite fitzAlan 's assurances that she would n't encounter a corpse , she held her breath with trepidation every time she swung her free hand in a groping semicircle . |
| 16 | She sat down and decided that although it was so early in the morning , she would n't mind a drink . |
| 17 | She would n't mind a cup of tea , of course . |
| 18 | The Post Office said that she would n't mind a visit . |
| 19 | Because of this , she would not set a date for the wedding . |
| 20 | She would not wear a wedding ring . |
| 21 | She would not tell a ghost . |
| 22 | She was still tingling with pleasure and her cheeks burned when she realised that if he came back he could just take up where he had left off and she would not do a thing to stop him . |
| 23 | She had lost one son — lost him truly , for she realized that he must be in Ireland now — but she was determined that she would not lose a daughter . |
| 24 | Lucille had lost one good man ; she would not lose a second . |
| 25 | She would not have a claim for the loss of her child . |
| 26 | Paula was amazed by the security arrangements that were necessary to ensure that the new season 's collections remained exclusive — the windows at the rear of the premises were heavily barred and practically the first thing she had to do on commencing her employment was to sign a contract promising that she would not breathe a word about the designs she saw . |
| 27 | ‘ You can just shut up , ’ said Camille , leaping to her friend 's defence , for she would not permit a male to speak ill of her . |
| 28 | It was true that she would not enter a shop in her own country . |
| 29 | She was late for her appointment , and parked her car on double yellow lines in a narrow lane , hoping she would not get a ticket . |