Example sentences of "she would n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course she would n't panic . |
| 2 | She clamped her hand over her mouth and caught the sob , then forced herself to breathe nice and steadily , in , out , in , out — she would n't panic . |
| 3 | ‘ When she would n't open the door to him , he broke the window panes … |
| 4 | Clara could not count the times she had heard her mother declare that when she died she would be dead , and she would n't care what happened to her body , and for all site cared they could put her out for the dustman to collect sentiments which from the first had filled Clara with a vague alarm and horror , for they were clearly reasonable enough in their own way . |
| 5 | ‘ She would n't care , ’ said Camille . |
| 6 | He was a callous brute , and if she did n't need his protection on the journey to Winchester she would n't care if he bled to … |
| 7 | She would n't stop at his side any more to watch him play , though he liked her to , for she was his lucky charm , and her presence concentrated his mind wonderfully . |
| 8 | A court has heard that a father battered his baby daughter to death because she would n't stop crying . |
| 9 | So , she looked , and she would n't stop annoying us , so went away and then came back and er with erm , the rabbit |
| 10 | Music and art teaching were offered by other local people , and they all ferried the girl around from one tutor to another , so she would n't miss anything . |
| 11 | But I managed , with little difficulty , to convince myself that she would n't miss a handful from a whole bowl . |
| 12 | She would n't cower . |
| 13 | And er the woman there she would n't sign the paper because ny husband was a miner for me to get a drop of milk for him . |
| 14 | ‘ Take this tray of fruit and nuts through to the dining-room and try to act sensible , ’ Salt said , following Sally with a huge silver dish set with delicate jellies she would n't entrust to anyone else . |
| 15 | She would n't rule out an end terrace but |
| 16 | The first row the husband stabbed the wife and she would n't make a complaint about it . |
| 17 | I hoped she would n't make a big production out of the delivery upstairs , but just in case she did I thought I would n't go anywhere where she could see me and point me out to any of the owners , so I left through the front exit gates and found the actors ' bus with its Mystery Race Train banner and faded inside into the reassembling troupe . |
| 18 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 19 | She must be successful sometimes or she would n't make her living at it . ’ |
| 20 | She would n't make sail until she reached Port of London . |
| 21 | As the only bridesmaid , she had been following Liz up the aisle of the small country church , nervously clutching her bouquet of trailing greenery and praying that she would n't make the awful mistake of treading on the long train of Liz 's wedding dress . |
| 22 | She realised it was thoughtless of her to have rushed out and not said where she would be going , nor that she would n't want anything to eat . |
| 23 | I 'm sure she would n't want to put you out , when you 're feeling so ill . |
| 24 | Oh , no , no ; she would n't want to think that . |
| 25 | She would n't want her loyal subject imprisoned . |
| 26 | She said she would n't want to do that — live on a stud farm , miles away from anywhere ; that she 'd be lonely and miss all her friends . ’ |
| 27 | The counsellor asked Peter , ‘ Do you think that if Susie did n't work she would n't want to leave you ? ’ |
| 28 | Susan had tagged a uniformed cop on the beat ill the distance , and guessed she would n't want to talk to him about the corpse . |
| 29 | Dana could n't know about Berenice ; she was n't heartless … she would n't want a life built on another woman 's misery . |
| 30 | ‘ Then she would n't want me enough , ’ he said flatly . |