Example sentences of "would not [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although on friendly terms with Matthew Boulton before going to Birmingham , he would not give him the details of a cannon ‘ that the Americans have constructed on a new principle ’ . |
| 2 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 3 | She would not give him the satisfaction . |
| 4 | I would not give him an answer until we were on our own . |
| 5 | On another occasion an out-of-work blacksmith came and said that " if the parish would not find him a shop to work in , he would make his complaint to a justice " . |
| 6 | Earl Ferrers , whose closest friends would not call him an intellectual , was unfamiliar with the arcane procedure of the House . |
| 7 | Michael Holly , now on his knees on a Stolypin carriage floor , and unshaven because they would not permit him a razor , and with the hunger lapping at his belly , had been a model prisoner in the Vladimir gaol 200 kilometres east of the capital . |
| 8 | He followed her up to the bar and she heard him noisily latching on to Riley who , she was positive , would not buy him a drink . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't give him a ham sandwich , ’ said Robert . |
| 10 | ‘ The PCC would n't give him a bean towards getting it repaired and he said he 'd spike their guns and do it himself . ’ |
| 11 | I would n't give him the time of day if I could help it . |
| 12 | She would n't give him the satisfaction of showing any further anger or distress . |
| 13 | If she tried to evict him an undignified struggle would only ensue and she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 14 | Tonight she would n't give him the chance to do his disappearing act . |
| 15 | But even as the words echoed in her brain , she knew she would n't voice them , would n't give him the satisfaction of knowing just how childishly he could make her behave . |
| 16 | No , sir , she would n't give him the satisfaction . |
| 17 | Besides , I said I had Bertie 's diary now , so it would n't do him no good . ’ |
| 18 | Still , he thought , as long as Richmann considered him a superstitious peasant , he would n't consider him a threat . |
| 19 | Several major galleries now claim that they have ceased trading with Saatchi - ‘ I would n't sell him a napkin , ’ said one prominent figure in the New York art world — but since no one is prepared to go on the record with such an assertion , or to have their name directly linked to a quote , it is hard to avoid the conclusion that dealers and artists are hedging their bets . |
| 20 | He was only getting him little gigs here and there and you would n't call him a dynamic person . |