Example sentences of "would n't be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opening night at the Macintyre gallery brought a full house and the first buyer , the Duchess of York , could n't ; would n't be parted from her favourite picture . |
| 2 | ‘ Now , ’ pointing the gun towards her attacker and praying inwardly she would n't be called upon to use it since she had n't the faintest idea how firearms worked , she glanced over towards Adam and the other man still engaged in a tussle on the floor , ‘ I suggest we call a halt to all this nonsense . ’ |
| 3 | She shrugged , knowing the name would do him no good , since she would n't be born for another half a millennium . |
| 4 | Pardy had almost admitted that he knew that — but had stopped just short and would n't be fooled into such a damning admission now . |
| 5 | But you know I still think that I 'm drawn towards that sort of teaching , performing that kind of role erm and that would n't be fulfilled by librarianship at all . |
| 6 | You 're making an assumption that damage would be caused erm by the development of certain sites , and that it would n't be caused by the development of other sites . |
| 7 | He said a British officer would n't be treated like that in Germany . |
| 8 | That restriction suddenly would n't be imposed in the next two or three years , it would be a gradual reduction through to the year two thousand and six . |
| 9 | She would bolt the back door and lock the front door after her as she left and she would n't be gone for long . |
| 10 | Sure , he would n't be killed for anything he had on him , the poor soul . |
| 11 | They used to be fed in the pen up there and they would n't be killed till Mondays . |
| 12 | I did n't care if it was raw , if the pangs of birth were ugly ; I wanted to be somewhere I would n't be defined by what I 'd been , where I could fashion a new notion of myself and impose it on others as the truth . |
| 13 | The exception to that of course is York but York would n't be affected by this open countryside policy er at all . |
| 14 | He knew that he was going to have to give himself one night 's sleep at least , one night when he would n't be bent into the back of a freezing car or upright on a chair . |
| 15 | Isabelle might have left her the case , but she 'd hidden these things away , making sure they would n't be discovered at least while her husband was alive . |
| 16 | And with this interjection Aggie now beat her closed fist against the end of the settle as she added angrily , ‘ If she had acted like the friend that she was supposed to be to the mother I would n't be faced with this lot tonight . ’ |
| 17 | It would n't be given as a cos X two X , it would be given two X cos X. |
| 18 | Then Rodney would n't be tormented like this . |
| 19 | to Stokesley , who if she screamed through a bloody bullhorn would n't be heard by anybody ? |
| 20 | If , in the future , he could provide Rose with a bathroom she would n't be troubled by such inhibitions . |
| 21 | It would n't be accepted in a court as conclusive evidence . |
| 22 | So she said it would n't be done till tomorrow morning , but I need something , |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't be seen at that beast 's house . |
| 24 | She fixed her bike among some bushes where it would n't be seen from the lane , and then ran along the grass-verge to the gap in the trees where the path began . |
| 25 | Of course , when it came time to write the bill , there were great problems in choosing the exact words to be employed so that it would n't be seen by anyone as a ‘ Euthanasia Bill ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ Many Americans who drive luxury European imports simply would n't be seen in a Cadillac or Lincoln . ’ |
| 27 | Indeed , were there more than a handful of black presenters on TV , he would n't be burdened with the impossible task of being all things to all black people . |
| 28 | She was suddenly far too aware that they were alone and would n't be disturbed until morning , too aware that the man whose overpowering masculine strength filled the room was her husband and had certain rights , too aware that the last frail layer of her protective façade had been shattered forever when she had wept in his arms and let him comfort her . |
| 29 | That we would n't be stepped upon . |
| 30 | I have moved pianos upstairs , in certain cases where it 's a very open staircase and a straight one , but we wo n't normally do that cos er we need the equipment to do it , the proper sled and everything and we have n't got those things because we would n't be asked upon to do it often enough . |