Example sentences of "i would [verb] not " in BNC.
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| 1 | In trying to educate people against using it , I would emphasise not its dangers but the fact that ultimately it is a complete waste of time and money . |
| 2 | I would think not . |
| 3 | I would hope not anyway . |
| 4 | Well I would hope not actually that 's that 's a relief so er so so tell us what we 're talking about today . |
| 5 | I would hope not . |
| 6 | I would tend not to until the scheme was actually in management and running |
| 7 | I would prefer not to have my guy stand up and say I may have been involved in an assassination . ’ |
| 8 | I would prefer not to work in oils . |
| 9 | But I would prefer not to alert our Ministry of the Interior — given that this has been purely a secret service matter of the DGSE until now . |
| 10 | You , I am sure , have a better use for your manpower and I would prefer not to have an officer sitting in the hall like a bailiff . ’ |
| 11 | Er I I would prefer not to be involved in elaborate discussion of the theology of involved . |
| 12 | ‘ In this matter , Sir Edmund , I would prefer not to act . ’ |
| 13 | Not a style I wish to emulate ; I prefer a kind of brisk straight-lined tidiness ; but of all the women in the world Kirsty Bull is the one I would prefer not to move in to babysit . |
| 14 | I would suggest not . |
| 15 | Well I would say Not being a riveter I would think it it did make the job a bit easier for them . |
| 16 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 17 | I mean I would never buy it , but I would try not to buy anything . |
| 18 | So , yuk , I would have not , she told us later what you think about . |