Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] would [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The next year , 1965 , he had his choice of three F1 teams competing for his services and chose BRM : as he has said , he wanted to be in a team ‘ where they would n't rush me , a team where I would n't be battling for my place every time I took the grid , a team where I could learn from a man like Graham Hill ’ .
2 But do n't forget to start thinking about ways you could expand , where you would n't be competing directly with other outlets like that department store . ’
3 Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying .
4 She fixed her bike among some bushes where it would n't be seen from the lane , and then ran along the grass-verge to the gap in the trees where the path began .
5 You told them to dump the body in the bay , where it would n't be found for a while .
6 I thought it might be — that 's why I went back to Hong Kong , so I would n't be tempted to see you and start believing it was n't .
7 All I need do was agree to a list of people who had already been named , so I would n't be hurting anyone .
8 We got a call from them recently and , apparently they 've managed to come up with a program that WILL allow for a hundred Lemmings on-screen at once — although they would not be animated to any degree whatsoever .
9 Investment income is exempted from the 9 per cent national insurance tax , so they would not be touched by Labour 's abolition of the £21,060 ceiling .
10 So all they had to do then was go on to Hollyhead and they were refreshed they 'd had a meal so they would n't be dying of hunger .
11 But Congress insisted the real solution was to make America 's missiles mobile , so they would n't be sitting ducks .
12 The RICS guidance notes said that an application could be made by letter , although it would not be processed until the official form had been completed and the fee paid .
13 Even Graham , one of the few members who had left home and lived in a flat , would be helping in the campaign , although he would not be voting Conservative , so much did he dislike the personality and politics of the local MP .
14 And El-ahrairah knew then that although he would not be mocked , yet Frith was his friend .
15 His only regular commitment was a fortnightly diary , so he would n't be missed for another week or two .
16 and see if there 's any , anything in that , cos you would n't be looking at doing every single village hall
17 They say that if you , if it was n't for the shooting we would n't have any grouse or pheasants cos they would n't be preserved .
18 I have moved pianos upstairs , in certain cases where it 's a very open staircase and a straight one , but we wo n't normally do that cos er we need the equipment to do it , the proper sled and everything and we have n't got those things because we would n't be asked upon to do it often enough .
19 This would put applicants in a very false position , perhaps drive away very talented applicants who might think that there were fewer places available for them , but also to encourage people who might in fact be struggling to go to any university in the country , it might encourage them to apply and to have a reasonable expectation of success because their sporting abilities were outstanding , they would then be disappointed because they would not be admitted and if they were admitted at that level , they would probably have a very unfortunate time at Oxford .
20 On other occasions , work is very ‘ peaky ’ and it would not make sense to employ our own staff because they would n't be occupied full-time .
21 It was Saturday evening as we neared the low-lying reaches of sandy shore and the outlying rocks of Tiree , and the sun was setting peacefully as our steamer came alongside of the stone pier at Scaranish Harbour , and we saw a sand-environed bay with some veteran sloops fixed in the sand — no more to mount o'er the waves of ocean , and spread ample sails to the breeze of heaven — left there , I am told , because it would not be deemed lucky to break them up .
22 She shrugged , knowing the name would do him no good , since she would n't be born for another half a millennium .
23 Since they would n't be working the boat today and because the weather promised to be hot again , she 'd elected to wear a short skirt and skimpy blouse , together with the sandals he had decried as being unsuitable .
24 While he would not be drawn on exactly how the higher speed has been achieved , he did say that the system enables users to retain their existing equipment .
25 If he expected any other price level he would not be acting rationally since he would not be forming his expectation of the price level in line with the process determining it ; that is , the aggregate supply and demand process depicted in figure 4.4 .
26 And now it looked as though she would n't be living here after all .
27 But something would still have been gained , for we would not be claiming to know on the basis of experience the nature of a world which is independent of experience .
28 And when he would not be persuaded that Rain had no more for him , she mentioned Georgie and Joey and wished she could be aboard Perfidia when Berg cornered them , as he surely would .
29 In some firms , interest is agreed to be paid in respect of the partners ' capital accounts ( Clause 7.03 ) : that fact together with the agreed rate should be specified , for it would not be presumed .
30 Though he would not be drawn on the details , Smith 's presentation was sprinkled liberally with references to a Windows bulletin-board application that will appear next year .
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