Example sentences of "but they would not " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they would n't listen . ’ |
| 2 | At the start we asked them to approach the Union of Post Office Workers ( UPW ) to cut off the mail to Grunwick but they would n't do that either . |
| 3 | British filmmakers could come up with films that would overcome the resistance of American exhibitors to non-Hollywood products , as the $5 million grossed by The Red Shoes suggests , but they would n't do so in sufficient quantities until Rank had developed more sophisticated ideas about how to cajole the right sort of product from his writers , directors and producers . |
| 4 | But they would n't be going there . |
| 5 | Like now , wanting to hold her breast and guide it to the baby 's mouth , but they would n't let her . |
| 6 | Thus the daughter of one mother who drank asked to go to live with her grandmother , in her well-ordered ‘ nice ’ home : ‘ but they would n't let me go . |
| 7 | TOM : But they would n't be trees . |
| 8 | ‘ I told them , ’ Bernard whispered to me , ‘ tie your bags up on the rack but they would n't listen . ’ |
| 9 | Not because they could not be useful — but they would n't give us , as desiring female spectators , that much to look at . |
| 10 | She had had to take the time off , but they would n't pay her for it . |
| 11 | But they would n't stand there . |
| 12 | An hour of wall-to-wall Carpeting would have been perfect , but they would n't get offstage , and dragged on for another 30 minutes . |
| 13 | But they would n't let me out of the Airport ! |
| 14 | They could look out for Lou 's mum all they liked , but they would n't see her . |
| 15 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 16 | You could see a band that plays the same type of music as us on TOTP but they would n't look like us … |
| 17 | But they would n't come just to tell him that either . |
| 18 | Went to Rubella 's in the evening but they would n't let me in because I had a bit of instant Whip on my Brummy vest . |
| 19 | My girlfriend and I shouted and screamed our denials , but they would n't believe us . |
| 20 | A twenty-one-year-old mother of two small children in Coventry said , " I told social security that the children 's shoes were too small , but they would n't give us a grant . |
| 21 | But they would n't get far . |
| 22 | But they would n't , they would n't eat them . |
| 23 | I remember I suggested it might be fun if Susan developed a crush on Ian , but they would n't allow that either . |
| 24 | went to put the , he , he went away again , but I , I did mention to the police , who I might say were very helpful were ninety per cent of burglars do n't get cleared up so of course it was n't important and I never expected it would be , but I did mention to the police at the time that I would like an future occasion because I 've been trying to use guns in America er to have a gun in the house but they er , but they would n't erm agree to it at all |
| 25 | Various high-ranking people , ending up with the governor himself , turned up , asking them to go to bed , but they would n't go . |
| 26 | Then I phoned up the police — I phoned them up two or three times — and told them I 'd done it , but they would n't believe me . |
| 27 | But they would n't be risking everything . |
| 28 | She had been tempted to banish them and forbid all visits , but they would n't be intimidated . |
| 29 | But they would n't allow us to have |
| 30 | And er I was er one that was sorted out to go , but they would n't let me go because er I could n't get b they could n't get me back to work for seven o'clock on Monday morning . |