Example sentences of "[coord] they would not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Either they do not want to run the risk of miscarriage ( about one in 100-200 ) which the procedure entails ; or they would not want a termination even if the baby was found to be disabled .
2 They were people who had reason to be suspicious , or they would not have paid so highly for Hayman 's services .
3 They were not the cream or they would not have found their way to this worthless place .
4 None of the Khans believed that Artai was so incapable of controlling the violence of his temperament , Alexei thought , or they would not have elected him .
5 ‘ His jailers were certain he intended to have me killed , or they would not have treated me thus . ’
6 Boys , young lads , not happy boys or they would not have sat so loosely to life that they could come the way of their murderer .
7 Not even the fine citizens of Ecoville who have to get their rake-off too , or they would n't turn a blind eye to it .
8 ‘ Someone must be with them or they would n't have got up there , ’ said Maud reasonably .
9 " Silly question , of course you must be or they would n't have let you out . "
10 Well erm David said that he did n't think the strike would have gone on or they would n't have the heart to go on without the women ?
11 They certainly do n't know that they 're bidding against a phantom bid or they would n't bid ’ , he said .
12 This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it .
13 Most models are very strict about what they eat , and they would not last long on a diet of cheeseburgers .
14 When the disciples first heard from the women that Jesus had risen , they were incredulous : ‘ The story appeared to them to be nonsense , and they would not believe them . ’
15 ‘ If we had £3.40 , we would have to put our prices up to the customer and they would not buy , ’ said Wendy Heath , a machinist .
16 They would instantly begin questioning the way the world had been running since their enforced absence , and they would not approve ; whereas those who lay softly beneath the blowing grasses , the quiet slate , had long since turned over in rest and when they woke would wake like children and smile at the sky .
17 Of course they would not ; they are dumped prices as a result of support , and they would not obtain .
18 On these , on the Leventhorpes and Rempstons and Erpynghams , he could lean when he would , and they would not let him fall .
19 ‘ Our members have a great deal of sympathy with what is being done and they would not encourage tests to be taken by supply teachers or other teachers , especially at primary school level . ’
20 There would be abut 20 people in and they would not know what was going on , ’ says Solowka .
21 Half of them live at Stantonbury , 437 between two and three miles distant , the remainder three to six miles away , mostly on farms and in villages with relatives or connections , and they would not come to live at Wolverton even if cottages were provided for them .
22 They said I would become the responsibility of the local county and they would not help me .
23 You could even introduce them to your church 's women 's guild and they would not look out of place .
24 And they would not have expelled her ; they wanted her , and they could not afford to expel her .
25 But at least he had been wealthy , and they would not have survived without his money , that was certain .
26 Yes er erm my instructions are that all persons are accounted for in the premises and er once they 've been accounted for er then it was safe for other officers , i.e the C I D or Superintendent to go to that yes and they would not have been allowed in had I not received instructions that the house was secure and all persons accounted for .
27 I 've already had a couple of spats with them and they would n't pass up an opportunity like this to poke fun .
28 I knew once we started playing electrically we would n't be confusing the journalists and they would n't think it was just some guy from Dinosaur masturbating in his room .
29 I had my brother with me and his niece and they would n't carry on .
30 Caterers live in the real world , not for them exercise followed by exercise , because they do for real in peace what they would do in war and they would n't want to change that .
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