Example sentences of "the [noun sg] would n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even the opportunity would n't stand up in court . |
| 2 | He 'd tried once , secretly , in Mrs O'Neill 's washing machine , but the powder would n't shift them . |
| 3 | It must be possible , or the vet would n't have said it . |
| 4 | Go back to the tiger and tell him that the cow would n't come with you , but that your wife is bringing it . " |
| 5 | And maybe the rest of the gang would n't have got burned out if she had n't come close before . |
| 6 | So that that the constraint would n't apply in in those areas anyway . |
| 7 | This is not unusual , particularly if it 's the female who 's killed , as the male would n't feed the young — that 's always the mother 's job . |
| 8 | Leathart hoped fervently that the story would n't leak back into the Alston district . |
| 9 | ‘ It would be better sited beside a motorway , where the noise would n't give extra harm . ’ |
| 10 | However , the budget would n't stretch to a trip to Brazil for Crenicichla species ‘ Xingu III ’ , to Camerun for Pungu maclareni , or to Lake Fwa in Angola . |
| 11 | But at least the light would n't wake Nell . |
| 12 | So as the light would n't have reflected through the entrance . |
| 13 | There was a harsh sound of rust grating against rust , which set Meredith 's teeth on edge , but the key would n't budge . |
| 14 | this morning , and then the key , the key would n't work in the lock . |
| 15 | But the DIA would n't risk any action based on information that might have been traced back to one of Asmar 's people . |
| 16 | hoping the wind would n't catch it like a sail . |
| 17 | He rolled and tied them so that the wind would n't tear them out of his hands while he tried to position them . |
| 18 | Ahead there was space , but her foot was pressed down to the floor and the car would n't go any faster . |
| 19 | He laughed under his breath and looked at her with reluctant appreciation , but Alyssia did n't notice because she was staring out of the window at the passing scenery , keeping her fingers tightly crossed that the car would n't stop wheezing and die completely on them before they reached Nice . |
| 20 | Late just once because the car would n't start and Sousan was in a panic . |
| 21 | I told you about what she was like when the car would n't start did n't I ? |
| 22 | and we parked up er the top side of Malham and the car would n't start |
| 23 | Oh yeah I suppose it will be much too early Left home at er today come in , I thought I so I 'd only gone about half a mile down the road filled up my car , paid the money the car would n't start I kept turning nothing was happening and then all of a sudden after a couple of minutes it erm like the way I 've button up my coat ? |
| 24 | That is , if the pupil had not braked , then if the instructor had n't , the car would n't have stopped . |
| 25 | ‘ The professor would n't send anyone to their death like that . ’ |
| 26 | It would be miles yet , probably another day of travelling , before they reached safer country , and even if fitzAlan stubbornly insisted that he could travel the horse would n't go forever . |
| 27 | The basket would n't fit into the back of the Direktor 's car , nor into Freddi and Luiza 's Volkswagen . |
| 28 | The Lab would n't have welcomed his appointment . |
| 29 | the work would n't get done |
| 30 | So the issue would n't have arisen . ’ |