Example sentences of "she would [not/n't] [adv] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , I know she 's ill , David , please , I did n't mean that ; I know she would n't exactly be on top of the world . |
| 2 | If she had n't sulked with her father , fought like a cat with her mother , she would n't now be hanging up Frederick 's threadbare underpants on the drying frame in a tiny back lawn in Lilac Gardens , Tadley . |
| 3 | If only she 'd never met him — had never experienced the exquisite sweetness of being held against his heart — she would n't now be crushed under the weight of this unbearable sorrow . |
| 4 | So , OK , she did n't want to marry Tim — but if she had married him she would n't now be forced into playing the part of Ross 's loving and dutiful wife . |
| 5 | If she 'd meant to lie , she 'd have planned the lies ; as it was , it was more like someone else speaking , someone for whom all the tales might be true : the tales of the amorous husband who would not be denied , or even delayed ; of her horrified discovery that her tried and trusted dutch cap had let her down after all these years , of her disappointment that she would not now be able to train as a doctor or run a campaign for more zebra crossings or offer a home to her poor ailing mother ; and then of course there were the medical difficulties , what with her diabetes and the early mongol child that died and all those Caesarians ; and the home where there was n't an inch of space and how the baby would mean eviction and bankruptcy ; and the fear that the baby might be too obviously of mixed-race ; and the over-riding , gut-rending terror that the baby might have royal blood ( of course if ever this got outside these walls there would be no answering for the political consequences for the western world ) and in the circumstances it seemed kind that the child should never be born . |
| 6 | But Stephie would be home soon , and Cassie knew that she would not then be able to evade her responsibilities and refuse to issue an invitation to Rose Cottage . |
| 7 | He or she would not necessarily be a lawyer . |