Example sentences of "[adv] he would not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 2 | But perhaps he would not force her . |
| 3 | A big reason for bringing him was so he would not call Tod Richardson on the telephone and inform him I was coming . |
| 4 | He realized full well that he stood no chance of getting further reinforcements , and anyway he would not have time to train them . |
| 5 | And tonight he would not have . |
| 6 | Franks led them through some swing doors with a flourish and into another corridor , explaining that normally he would not waste money by taking them to a full editing suite . |
| 7 | Still he would not hear . |
| 8 | ON the eve of the most crucial test yet for Russia 's radical reforms , President Yeltsin made clear yesterday he would not cede any of his emergency powers to parliament , although he said some aspects of his economic programme would be softened . |
| 9 | This letter is incomplete in the Darlington collection , but it obviously contained much of use to Bartram whose draft reply ( in the Library of the American Philosophical Society ) dated February 1759 stated that had the postage been three times more he would not have missed it . |
| 10 | If the ring had not captured and ruined Gollum 's mind , he would never have been overcome by desire of it and hence he would not have snatched the Ring and fallen into the Cracks of Doom , the only place the Ring can be destroyed . |
| 11 | probably he would not complain . |
| 12 | Obviously John had no time to investigate the theory , and probably he would not have bothered anyway , since it looks convincing and he was given to quick enthusiasms . |
| 13 | Five years back he would not have even contemplated the Wiring Project . |
| 14 | If Oliver had seen him now he would not think he was a man who was finished , he would see a desperate will to survive and defend himself . |
| 15 | Even he would not give an order . |
| 16 | But he was eleven years older and a father of two — surely he would not take up arms ? |
| 17 | Surely he would not take another woman there , not to their place ? |
| 18 | Surely he would not dare to ask that Akram and Waquar Younis be permitted 25 overs each and that a little life be left in pitches which are now the equivalent of a moribund second-day Test strip ? |
| 19 | She eyed the biscuit plate and the Clarion Cry simultaneously — surely he would not mind if she took another biscuit ? |
| 20 | Sometimes he would not leave his room for days on end . |
| 21 | Then he would not have been able to escape . |
| 22 | He was studying to be a commercial artist and when he was in Mr Frampton 's art class ( this was Peter Frampton 's father ) in his later tears at Bromley tech , Frampton lectured the form on how he would not tolerate tapered trousers . ’ |
| 23 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 24 | Our white 's qualities would certainly tend very much to preserve him to a good old age , and yet he would not suffice in any number of generations to turn his subjects ' descendants white … |
| 25 | Even if the examiner agrees with the candidate in his answer to ( i ) , the examiner must have meant ( ii ) to be dealt with , or else he would not have troubled to put it in . |
| 26 | He would in general recognize as as-if rights those declared by other judges in past decisions , but again he would not include all such decisions . |
| 27 | Luke was not an eye-witness , otherwise he would not have used Mark as a source . |
| 28 | Ordinarily he would not have spoken of one woman to another , but Miss van Williamsburgh was so straightforward , so unaffected , and Céline was always so near the surface of his thoughts . |
| 29 | But it seemed , sir , when first I talked to Mrs Browning , before ever I mentioned my plan , or else I would not have mentioned it , it seemed Ferdinando was to go , that there was no choice , that he was nigh essential to your comfort , and then , having spoken out , to find he was not and therefore he would not go and my plan was to come to nothing — it is hard to understand , sir . ’ |
| 30 | Most certainly he would not take this initial set-back passively . |