Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] would not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew that academically I was the least qualified and assumed I would n't get it . |
| 2 | Simeon longed for the coming of the Christ and believed he would not die until he had seen him . |
| 3 | Susan had tagged a uniformed cop on the beat ill the distance , and guessed she would n't want to talk to him about the corpse . |
| 4 | She flew into a rage and vowed she would not accept Silas 's ring until he 'd evicted that bossy , domineering woman from the house in which they would begin their married life . ’ |
| 5 | It was a personal triumph for Gen Morillon , who went to Srebrenica last Thursday and declared he would not abandon the town 's 60,000 desperate inhabitants until the convoy got through . |
| 6 | She was both proud and fearful for him and , as she continued to look on him , thought of the vast and mighty oceans he would cross , the loneliness of such journeys , and prayed he would not regret his decision to leave them . |
| 7 | As she lifted her head to look at him , he proudly held the peonies at arm 's length and prayed she would not notice their many imperfections . |
| 8 | I saw sense and decided I would n't take my bat home after all . |
| 9 | With resignation she felt the colour steal into her face , and knew he would n't believe her even as she tried to explain that she had n't even seen the rings but had been absorbed by the ornaments . |
| 10 | Instinctively she sought through the whole cosmos for Fenna , and knew she would not find him . |
| 11 | In fact I 'm told we ran the three-day week so well that it did n't make enough impact on the country ; they did n't realize the crisis and thought they would n't support Ted Heath . |
| 12 | Frankie had seen it before and thought I would n't like it and tried to dissuade me from going in . |
| 13 | I had been happy and thought he would n't mind . |
| 14 | Richard very tired , and thought he would not go … after some dinner R felt better … |
| 15 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 16 | Mr Grover had pointed it out and said it would n't give any trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ The shop-owner rang me and said she would n't move until I had found her a house , ’ she explained . |
| 18 | Er , and I mean , as was conventional in those days , you educate , your sons went to school and you try and , educated your girls at home , but the , the aunt put her foot down and said she would n't do it . |
| 19 | Then , as he frequently did , he took a moral line , based on what he saw as natural law , and said he would not blame , and might even assist , the victim 's relatives in such a case , should they wish to exact retribution and then hide . |
| 20 | One young male reporter left in tears and said he would not cover such a case again . |
| 21 | ‘ Suddenly , ’ Mr Parker recalled , ‘ he calmly turned to me and said he would not negotiate for Taylor at all , would pretend he knew nothing about him , and would go all out for the other goalkeeper . ’ |
| 22 | Peterson backed off and said he would not ask Jones to cancel his talk . |
| 23 | He was treating it as a training exercise and said he would not have done it if the C1 had been before the C2 as he would not have compromised the C2 . |
| 24 | The life president of Malawi , Kamuzu Banda , bowed to opposition pressure and said he would not insist on having two ballot boxes , one for yeses , one for noes , at next month 's referendum on whether to move to democracy . |
| 25 | and , he 'd got her up and got her ready and sent her out and said he would n't come . |
| 26 | He thanked Theo , and hoped he would n't live to regret the investment . |
| 27 | In fear and astonishment I hid in the corn , and hoped he would not notice me . |
| 28 | He could see her lip trembling and hoped she would not cry in public again . |
| 29 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 30 | Coleen however , was enjoying herself in England , she thought of Mr Cubbage a lot but thought she would n't commit herself just yet . |