Example sentences of "[coord] would not [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew his mother was dying and he either could n't or would n't go to see her . |
| 2 | And they may be torn three ways , between the practical direction they are getting in the school , the advice they are being given in college and by their teaching practice tutor , and their own developing sense of the kind of teacher they would or would not like to become . |
| 3 | They knew that if you made schools and universities permanent structures , tooled beautifully in stone and designed in a timeless way to permit the flowering of reflective thought and ancient customs , that society would become attached to them and would n't want to let them go when the cutbacks came . |
| 4 | The uniformed copper on the door told me he was only hanging about until he got the word on his ‘ talking brooch ’ radio that the forensic boys had n't forgotten anything and would n't need to come back . |
| 5 | ‘ Got my head in a leg-lock and would n't let go . |
| 6 | I noticed that she looked a bit unhappy so I went across to her , worried that she might be a bit of a madam and would n't like to associate with the likes of me . |
| 7 | and would n't have touched it with a barge pole |
| 8 | However Tolkien disobligingly remarked that he had n't read Ariosto and would n't have liked him if he had ( Biography , p. 218 ) , while Spenser exemplified much that he hated ( see pp. 42–3 above ) . |
| 9 | You were drunk and would n't have done it otherwise . |
| 10 | I 've struggled for most of my career , and would n't have survived without self-belief . |
| 11 | But his mother says he loved excitement and would n't have wanted to die any other way . |
| 12 | She thought he might have meant a New York accent , but she was from Los Angeles and would n't have tried anyway . |
| 13 | I am no molecular biologist , and would n't have dreamed of learning the techniques required to detect the immediate early genes , if it had n't been for the serendipitous arrival in the lab of a young molecular biologist from Moscow , Kostya Anokhin ( grandson of the psychologist and physiologist pupil of Pavlov , Peter Anokhin , whose ‘ functional systems theory ’ I referred to in passing in Chapter 9 ) . |
| 14 | In her imagination , the little flat was suddenly peopled with the ghosts of tall , glamorous London women , with names like Wanda and Melissa , who knew when to tip porters and chambermaids and would n't have dreamt of unpacking their own shopping . |
| 15 | It 's a different matter , though , when one of the protagonists is somebody we 've very much heard of and would n't mind sitting next to at dinner : a secretary of state , for example , or a dishy actor . |
| 16 | So the vote in Banbury was really in some ways quite surprising , but for those of us locally we were quietly confident that the parents would see the commonsense and logic of the argument and would not vote to opt out . |
| 17 | But Lugh would rise above it all , and would not bother to listen to complaints about who was getting larger helpings of stew , or who was having the most comfortable sleeping quarters , or even who was getting up a bit later than everyone else . |
| 18 | The Queen , I am sure , understands the constitutional position fully and would not contemplate acting other than constitutionally . |
| 19 | Much as many Ethiopians fear and loathe the government , they are calling for more political and economic freedom , and would not feel liberated by the TPLF . |
| 20 | You only saw the f oh now oh right so , hands up who saw it all the way through and would not want to see it again as part of the seminar . |
| 21 | And yet , much as she enjoyed her career and would not want to give it up permanently , she had a great desire for a strong , loving relationship and wanted to have children of her own — something she would never be able to do if her present feelings persisted . |
| 22 | She said she could not and would not continue to deal with Mr Sloan . |
| 23 | Under the terms of the Honiara accord the rebels were given immunity from prosecution , together with the promises that the government would remove its blockade and would not attempt to re-establish its troops upon the island by force . |
| 24 | We have a respectable reputation for producing future chemistry graduates — including Oxford and Cambridge — and would not wish to lose that good name by adopting a ‘ less appropriate ’ A-level chemistry syllabus . |
| 25 | The Divisional Court decision has been much criticised ; I agree with the strictures of Spencer Bower , Actionable Defamation ( fully set out in the judgment of Balcombe L.J. ) and would not wish to follow the reasoning of the Divisional Court which , in any event , is not binding upon us . |
| 26 | Believe it or not , many nurses enjoy the work and would not wish to change their occupation . |
| 27 | That I stress is a preliminary view they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information . |
| 28 | Miss Linnet Gage , therefore , would not believe and would not wish to believe Cara 's story . |
| 29 | I am unable to cope with the idea of being any heavier than I am now , and would not like to have a period , since I would feel I had ‘ let up ’ control over my body . |
| 30 | In those days , clergy were still quite powerful figures in the community and would not hesitate to admonish those breaking either the Sabbath or Good Friday . |