Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [not/n't] start " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your neighbour 's car would n't start , so he offered to take Mrs Wise in his if Mr Wise mowed his lawn … ’ |
| 2 | Late just once because the car would n't start and Sousan was in a panic . |
| 3 | ‘ It was raining , my car would n't start , and I forgot my raincoat . |
| 4 | He hated to be thwarted and went white with rage when his car would n't start . |
| 5 | He came up for coffee , then his car would n't start . |
| 6 | I told you about what she was like when the car would n't start did n't I ? |
| 7 | and we parked up er the top side of Malham and the car would n't start |
| 8 | Oh yeah I suppose it will be much too early Left home at er today come in , I thought I so I 'd only gone about half a mile down the road filled up my car , paid the money the car would n't start I kept turning nothing was happening and then all of a sudden after a couple of minutes it erm like the way I 've button up my coat ? |
| 9 | In the past five years my Honda Accord would n't start in Scotland ( the earth wire from the battery fell off ) and my Honda Quintet quietly conked out on the M40 ( cause never found ) . |
| 10 | Berty would n't start yesterday . |
| 11 | Spring 1992 and the Spitfire was wheeled out of the hangar and engine runs commenced , only to find that there appeared to be oil pressure problems until finally the engine would not start at all , in fact the Merlin was locked solid . |
| 12 | It was only two o'clock , they 'd seen the parade many times before , and Mike 's match would n't start before 4.15 . |
| 13 | That her job would n't start for three months suited her particularly well . |
| 14 | Back at the Military Port in Marchwood , the working day for the remainder of the regiment would not start for another hour and a half . |
| 15 | I went back to the van and the bloody thing would n't start so I waited there till morning when I could catch a bus and … and , well , just get out . ’ |
| 16 | Of course the damn thing would n't start and that was the last straw . |
| 17 | Growth would not start from scratch , without a legacy . |
| 18 | Fortunately for the Petrols , the van would n't start and the kids ran off , embarrassed . |