Example sentences of "and he would not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would certainly go if she got the chance , and he would not blame her . |
| 2 | His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’ |
| 3 | He could not speak and he would not make any gesture that would show weakness . |
| 4 | Dickie does not believe in clover , or mowers , and he would not recognize ‘ Chewing 's Fescue ’ if you served it to him on a bed of rice . |
| 5 | When rights of conquest or hereditary rights had placed two or more territories under a medieval ruler , he was quite accustomed to finding that they were ruled under different constitutions and he would not think of trying to impose a uniform system of government on them ; Queen Elizabeth had rights and duties in England that were rather different from the rights and duties she had in the Channel Islands , which were all that was left of William the Conqueror 's Norman territories , and it was perfectly natural for each new English acquisition overseas to be won on terms that differed from what had happened previously . |
| 6 | Anselm himself , as abbot of Bec , along with the rest of the kingdom of France , had already recognized Urban II , and he would not change his obedience . |
| 7 | He had been shocked by the resentment he had aroused — especially from a group of poets who themselves had only lately moved into the Vale : but he had dug in and dug on , he was no coward and he would not budge , he was determined to see it built , to live in it in the season and to be happy there with his wife and daughter . |
| 8 | On Sunday afternoons , Mr. Russ took the Church Sunday School and he would not brook any boy not attending either his or some other Sunday School of another denomination . |
| 9 | Mr Justice Saville said the Commercial Court was a part of the Queen 's Bench and he would not exclude observers unless he was given a good reason to do so . |
| 10 | In Michael 's mind it was tantamount to mutiny and he would not stand for anyone disagreeing with him . |
| 11 | But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary . |
| 12 | The tears fell like raindrops on the deck , and he would not speak . |
| 13 | You might cut him to pieces and he would not speak , ’ said Isambard , thoughtfully frowning . |
| 14 | These were timeless things , and he would not acquiesce in their alteration . |
| 15 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 16 | Superstitiously , perhaps , protectively more like , he did not care to explain it or examine it much and he would not interfere with it at all . |
| 17 | He did not hear Lissa calling to him across the haze that separated them , and he would not come to her . |
| 18 | It meant that Meredith Putt would not be going anywhere before the return of Superintending Constable Giles Aplin — and he would not come seeking Seb because of what he had witnessed on Handley Plain . |
| 19 | Those early years were best forgotten and he would not allow himself to dwell on them if he could possibly help it . |
| 20 | ‘ The main conflict they always had was that she wanted to work more and he would not allow her , ’ according to Jane . |
| 21 | I was advised to speak initially to the region 's director of public health , who told me that geographical limitations and the pastoral duties of a vicar 's wife were not a good enough reason to train part time , and he would not support my application . |
| 22 | And he would not believe . |
| 23 | He had neither the patience nor method to understand properly how they worked and he would not bow to any instruction other than his own perusal of certain manuals and textbooks . |
| 24 | He had not been prepared for Cheltenham the same as some horses are , because there had been a last-minute change of plan for him and he would not have been really galloped hard . |
| 25 | Fate , it seemed , was determined that Nell and he would not have more time . |
| 26 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ KISS ’ IS the record that made Prince unnecessary ; it contains everything that is great about him and after he had released it , he could quite easily have gone to live on the Moon and he would not have been missed . |
| 28 | After the war he also confessed to me that his eyesight was very bad and he would not have passed any normal eye test that we used in the RAF , hut he did have contact lenses . |