Example sentences of "[vb mod] not part with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Miss Andrews did not invite me to order that the sum should be paid out to Crossman Block on terms that they should not part with it without a further order of the court ; in such an event she accepted that it would be better that the sum should remain in court . |
| 2 | ‘ The understanding is that the auctioneer should not part with possession of them ( the goods ) to the purchaser except against payment of the price ; or if the auctioneer should part with them without receiving payment , he is responsible to the vendor for the price … . |
| 3 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |
| 4 | And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away . |
| 5 | She would not part with her shoes for long enough for me to have them properly repaired . |
| 6 | He would n't part with the cross . |
| 7 | I would n't part with a bent peseta for your life now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's still in the box and I would n't part with it . |
| 9 | ‘ People want to buy it now , but I ca n't part with it because I 'm too fond of it . ’ |
| 10 | But Mrs Mooney who sells puppies for a hundred pounds each will not part with any of her breeding dogs . |