Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] would not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simeon longed for the coming of the Christ and believed he would not die until he had seen him . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Instinctively she sought through the whole cosmos for Fenna , and knew she would not find him . |
| 7 | Richard very tired , and thought he would not go … after some dinner R felt better … |
| 8 | ANC leaders blamed President de Klerk 's government for the massacre and said they would not respond ‘ meekly ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One young male reporter left in tears and said he would not cover such a case again . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Peterson backed off and said he would not ask Jones to cancel his talk . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In fear and astonishment I hid in the corn , and hoped he would not notice me . |
| 16 | He could see her lip trembling and hoped she would not cry in public again . |
| 17 | If the eagle did nothing and waited they would not get him . |
| 18 | MacDonald spoke of his difficulties with characteristic self-pity , but said he would not resign , but go on with those of his colleagues who would follow him " . |