Example sentences of "would not go away " in BNC.
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| 1 | But advocates of PR said afterwards that the issue would not go away : Labour has yet to decide its preferred method of electing its proposed regional assemblies and its replacement for the House of Lords . |
| 2 | My sadness over and fear for Jordi would not go away . |
| 3 | But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it . |
| 4 | The worst problem was to try to explain quarantine regulations to the black-clothed mothers who would not go away from the main gates and wailed bitterly ‘ Oh ! mio bambino ! mio bambino ! ’ till Mr Rideout had to have Dr Hill 's attendance lest he too became a patient . |
| 5 | ‘ Thank you , ’ she said again , while the thought came to her , unbidden , horrifying and wicked , yet it would not go away : If the result of this amnio-whatever test is adverse , if there is something wrong with the foetus , then I could have an abortion with a clear conscience . |
| 6 | Tommy Allen was married now and it was not unnatural that he should have a conversation with Carrie , but the nagging feeling would not go away . |
| 7 | I know the truth — Heavenly Father sent me a message , last night , like little Samuel only not just a voice , a vision , a terrible , terrible dream that would not go away … |
| 8 | But the housing problems of the big cities would not go away . |
| 9 | Anne had been indignant but secretly glad that he would not go away until she understood how he really felt about her . |
| 10 | ‘ What 'll we do ? ’ asked Tim after a short silence ; even he had to admit that a lady would not go away leaving behind all her credit cards and a wad of paper money . |
| 11 | It was the sort of night on which questions would not go away . |
| 12 | The image of suddenly being called in to take over from George Birkitt and astounding the critics with his unsung brilliance was one that would not go away , however hard he tried to suppress it . |
| 13 | But , even then , the nagging thought in his mind would not go away . |
| 14 | He tried to forget it : in his hotel , at the dinner table , over the bar , but it would not go away . |
| 15 | It lay heavy in the air and would not go away . |
| 16 | Yussuf 's ex-wife had come to the police station and would not go away . |
| 17 | It was a puzzle that just would not go away . |
| 18 | Tony Coleman , who led the opposition previously , said the dissenting voices would not go away . |