Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer is probably to run him on a left hand track where such antics would not cost him so much ground . |
| 2 | Although Nelson is probably right to say that the DUP had lost its role ‘ as the articulator of poor Protestants ’ social grievances ' by the end of the 1970s , this would not cost it votes until there was an alternative . |
| 3 | There is an enormous network to feed in ideas making it perfectly possible and it would not cost a lot . ’ |
| 4 | It would not cost the Government money , would have the support of fishermen and would be extremely effective in terms of conservation . |
| 5 | It would not cost the Exchequer anything more the first year , because a 25 per cent . |
| 6 | Forecasts of its affect vary widely the Tories claiming 1.5m job losses , Labour saying it would not cost jobs but would contribute up to £1.5bn in extra taxes to the Exchequer . |
| 7 | ‘ I am sure putting up lights would not cost a lot and it would give us peace of mind . ’ |
| 8 | The boat might be rocked but it would not ship water . |
| 9 | Turkey was not in a state of war and would not open a second front against Iraq unless its own territory was attacked . |
| 10 | She would not open it , even for cleaning . |
| 11 | Enoch Gebler would not open the door . |
| 12 | Until the Sheffield incident , the MoD had abided by an agreement with Exocet 's French manufacturers that the British would not open up the missile 's guidance section . |
| 13 | When Lee pressed against the door it would not open so that she panicked , standing in the enveloping steam . |
| 14 | The door would not open and she had nowhere to go . |
| 15 | Alice 's room was tiny , with a single bed , one other piece of furniture apart from the wall cupboard , a small chair , and a narrow window that would not open . |
| 16 | of doors and windows that would not open , |
| 17 | If she pressed very hard then her mouth would not open to scream . |
| 18 | She began to move through the house as she had done before , opening doors , now trying to force doors which would not open . |
| 19 | She found another door that would not open and knocked loudly on it . |
| 20 | But among all these doubts it had not occurred to her that if she got as far as 42b Milvain Street , and rang the bell , Edward would not open the door . |
| 21 | Anthony Butler , technical officer for the British Parachute Association , said that on leaving the Cessna plane at 10,000ft , Mr Tipping was required to deploy a throw-away pilot chute packed so it would not open , to give the impression of trailing behind . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 23 | If the world had been created without the exclusion principle , quarks would not form separate , well-defined protons and neutrons . |
| 24 | She tried to picture Benedict thus , but the image would not form . |
| 25 | The Fleet , it was decided at a meeting of CIS Defence Ministers ( excluding Azerbaijan and Moldova ) , would not form part of the CIS strategic forces . |
| 26 | The Swedish government welcomed the positive opinion , and reiterated its view that neutrality or defence considerations would not form an obstacle to Sweden 's accession to the EC . |
| 27 | If the answer was in the negative , Mr Bonar Law would not form a Government , but Mr Lloyd George would endeavour to do so . |
| 28 | It clearly can not be an arbitrary aggregation of versions of modules since it is likely that they would not form a consistent set . |
| 29 | I 'm sure we would not quarrel about payment . ’ |
| 30 | Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’ |