Example sentences of "[conj] would n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | A domestic market that becomes part of an international market is going to be subjected to the effects of changes which might otherwise have been more slow in coming — or would n't have immediately affected it . |
| 2 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |
| 3 | ‘ They may have decided that they might n't like the loss of privacy or would n't feel happy handling the money , ’ she says . |
| 4 | Would he or would n't he ? |
| 5 | When Miss P said this to him Boy realised that he could n't actually imagine a man proposing something that he would n't want to do , or would n't at least want to try just once , but he understood what he was being told and he learnt that lesson well , thank God . |
| 6 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 7 | She was baffled when she could n't give herself , or would n't give herself , a satisfactory answer . |
| 8 | How was it that this strange , seemingly rather lonely man , had been able , in so brief an acquaintance , to get inside her mind , when her husband could n't — or would n't ? |
| 9 | He knew his mother was dying and he either could n't or would n't go to see her . |
| 10 | Would you recommend it or would n't you ? |
| 11 | Would she , or would n't she ? he murmured , leaning forward . |
| 12 | He not only believed that she would be a willing accessory to his two-timing Cavell , but that Cavell either would n't realise what was happening or would n't mind if she did . |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone knew in the business at the time , ’ she continued remorselessly , ‘ but you had such a problem with your ego you could n't or would n't accept it ! |
| 14 | I tapped on the armour-plated glass but he could n't or would n't hear me , so I pressed the button marked ‘ Reception ’ and the old buffer jumped vertically like a Harrier with wind . |
| 15 | However , latest th er Microfit not only gives you the test statistic but gives you erm the significance level , probability value er which erm that test statistic is significantly different from zero right so if we are looking at that serial correlation test statistic of two point zero eight right we would accept the null hypothesis of er no serial correlation , right , or would n't be able to reject it strictly . |
| 16 | Would she or would n't she ? |
| 17 | Were there any times when you would n't work in the shop or would n't cut the meat ? |
| 18 | Could n't or would n't . |
| 19 | Would you or would n't you ? |
| 20 | What I needed was a solid holder that would n't let pencils bend or break , and a retainer that would expand and contract a million times . |
| 21 | There was no space for two small children or one transversely-mounted adult , not a trace of walnut , and if you wanted to listen to a radio in a Cobra you 'd have needed speakers that would n't have disgraced a heavy-metal band . |
| 22 | But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 . |
| 23 | He is one of the jewels of radio , a playwright who understands the medium , but who does n't use radio merely as a way of playing tricks that would n't work on stage or television . |
| 24 | She looked young but experienced , the sort that would n't waste too much of his time . |
| 25 | Some poor sap made the mistake of his career and applied the wrong brand of paint — the kind that would n't wash off . |
| 26 | As I fiddled frantically with buttons that would n't depress and a monopod that would n't telescope downwards so I could actually see what professional fingers find in the dark , I became aware of the incredulous stare of a Japanese with an even bigger lens than mine . |
| 27 | As I fiddled frantically with buttons that would n't depress and a monopod that would n't telescope downwards so I could actually see what professional fingers find in the dark , I became aware of the incredulous stare of a Japanese with an even bigger lens than mine . |
| 28 | When a woman lunches on a plate of raw spinach that would n't satisfy a tortoise , she simply wo n't have the energy to demand a seat on the board . |
| 29 | We did n't make a sale , though we did make contacts that would n't have been available to us otherwise . |
| 30 | Worse was to come , as my spade hit something solid that would n't respond to leverage . |