Example sentences of "you would not [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had told a friend not long before , ‘ If you walked from Humber to Severn and dodged Derby , you would not find a bishop who can read or write ’ . |
| 2 | It was the Regent Street of Cairo ; except that in Regent Street you would not see a man walking by with a stuffed crocodile on his head or a pig being carried by in a cage . |
| 3 | You would n't dream a likeness . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You would n't stand a cat in hell 's chance , ’ said Lydia . |
| 5 | ‘ Penry , ’ she said , frowning , ‘ are you saying you — well , that you would n't want a relationship with me if I were frigid , like Melanie ? ’ |
| 6 | but you would n't want a photograph of your garden a and a |
| 7 | And also , you would n't want a piece of bro , broccoli ! |
| 8 | They 're aware that you would n't want a bunch of dickheads like them moving in next door , as ‘ Neighbor ’ makes clear . |
| 9 | Why you would n't break a window to break a window , why you 'd go to the trouble of using a glass cutter |
| 10 | But I told him you would n't tell a soul . ’ |
| 11 | " You would n't give a wedding-dress . " |
| 12 | You would n't pay a man on that . ’ |
| 13 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
| 14 | You would n't think a man like Doctor Rice would love flowers , now would you ? |
| 15 | You would n't think a fall from a car would kill him . |
| 16 | You 'd drink , you 'd think you would n't think a child would like sherry would you ? |
| 17 | You would n't touch a girl up , would you ? ’ |
| 18 | You would n't get a look in . |
| 19 | ‘ I think I 'm pretty good value — you would n't get a barrister to come to your house at all hours . |
| 20 | Oh this place that you where you would n't get a handbag stolen and all that . |
| 21 | Well he needs to know when there 's a match on , otherwise you would n't get a game . |
| 22 | And you would n't get a lot of heating out of a hundred electrons . |
| 23 | It 's only a little thing , putting window locks on , on , on , you would n't buy a house now without a lock on the door , but a lot of people still buy houses without locks on the windows . |
| 24 | They 'd locked him in a dirty little hole with a bed you would n't put a dog under . |
| 25 | It 's very easy , we all use jargon , we use jargon in the newsroom , if you ever heard a conversation at Radio Cambridgeshire you would n't understand a word of it . |
| 26 | ‘ And you would n't know a murderer if you tripped over one . ’ |
| 27 | Then leaning closer towards Lizzie , he said , ‘ You 're sure you would n't like a sherry ? ’ |
| 28 | Well , maybe ‘ blossom ’ is an exaggeration , but I told Gillian one or two of Oliver 's jokes , and we talked about being apprehensive over coming to the group , and then it emerged that she was half-French , and I had something to say about that , and the estate agent tried to bring in Germany but we were n't having any of it , and before I knew where I was I had half-turned my shoulder to exclude the other chap and was saying , ‘ Look , I know you 've only more or less just arrived , but you would n't like a spot of supper would you ? |
| 29 | You would n't like a glass of wine ? |
| 30 | no you would n't say a word |