Example sentences of "would not [verb] [adv prt] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 No , she would not wander off again , she would go post-haste to England and Alain could get on with his intrigues and his high-powered business .
2 I have got to know him : he would not go round there unless she had given the all clear . ’
3 Branson was warned by another member of the party that this would not go down well and , sure enough , was told by the butler the following morning that he was no longer welcome .
4 That would not go down well with my constituents or with many people in the south-east of England .
5 was w would not go down very well , i it , it would mean overturning the whole emphasis of policy and it would mean going against So you , A you would have to change your policy , B you would have to force the process .
6 Taylor could risk Platt at Wembley next Wednesday , but the feeling is that doing so would not go down too well with Juventus .
7 I I would not go out there on to their property without letting them have knowledge that I was coming to their property .
8 " Then , " said Dandelion , " Frith felt himself in friendship with El-ahrairah , because of his resourcefulness , and because he would not give up even when he thought the fox and the weasel were coming .
9 But after a period of warming up , the computer would not reboot in either soft ( Ctrl/Alt/Del ) or hard ( ‘ big red switch ’ ) mode .
10 Lydia knew that , whereas her lingerie was impeccable , her spirit would not stand up well to close inspection in the event of an accident .
11 ‘ Very like ! ’ he said , knowing it was true , and knowing that he would not hold back so long as to let it be true .
12 People in Schweinfurt itself who had suffered directly from the bombing were said to be completely demoralized and had declared that they would not hold out much longer in ‘ such nerve-racking days ’ .
13 Partnership is a more recent concept and it would not fit in too well with the motivations which inspired early industrialists ' and educationalists ' interest in further and higher education .
14 Mr Patten 's spokesman , Mike Hanson , said the legislation , based on electoral reforms which have provoked furious opposition from Beijing , would not appear in today 's official gazette .
15 But he would not find out more while the husband was there .
16 He says that he would not get on so well with her if he had his meals with her , but as he lives quite separately they are very friendly and he likes to know that they are near if he wants company . ’
17 That clearly would not sell back home .
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