Example sentences of "[pron] wo " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , son , if it 's not about sex , how to convert your loft into a spare bedroom or a new diet guaranteed to lose ten pounds in two weeks , then this new magazine of yours wo n't sell . |
| 2 | It 'll yours wo n't . |
| 3 | Be one of yours wo n't it Bev ? |
| 4 | As the years go by , Ursula 's body becomes a bore , and she experiences a fear of ageing : ‘ I shall have to die fairly young , because I wo n't be able to live with the infirmities of old age . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I wo n't excuse or explain my conduct . |
| 6 | I wo n't be offended if you ca n't make it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I wo n't stop asking you , ’ I say , and she looks guarded , pleased , looks like she 's trying not to show anything . |
| 8 | ‘ I wo n't drink it , ’ said Jay , tears gushing hot down her cheeks . |
| 9 | Maybe I 'm an owl , watching the other owls screech down on helpless little mice , but I wo n't forsake my vegetarian principles . |
| 10 | What 's made you change your mind ? said Jay ungraciously , I wo n't take hand-outs from you ! |
| 11 | I wo n't beat about the bush . |
| 12 | ‘ I wo n't offer you one . |
| 13 | I wo n't be a moment . ’ |
| 14 | She potters over , ‘ I 'm going for a walk , so if I feel sick I wo n't puke all over your lawn . ’ |
| 15 | — I wo n't keep you then Sheila , cheerio . |
| 16 | I wo n't linger on the shingle flats , for I 'd come to climb , and the route of my choice was the first to be recorded in Wales . |
| 17 | ‘ I wo n't allow myself to be tortured , ’ Raskolnikov tells Porfiry , but our sense of their three long encounters is that there 's nothing either of them can do about it . |
| 18 | Personally I often delight in some of these excursions of W's — but I wo n't ‘ approve ’ of them . |
| 19 | ‘ I want you now / I wo n't take no for an answer , ’ runs the first line , and who are we to object ? |
| 20 | I wo n't be the whipping boy , ’ Boycott said . |
| 21 | Furthermore , Piper , I wo n't be in this trench tonight , ’ continued Taff , rising to his feet and climbing out of the trench . |
| 22 | There are certain things I wo n't do as a manager . |
| 23 | ‘ Leaving videos aside , I wo n't sign a band without seeing them perform live , if that is possible . |
| 24 | You do n't need to bother with them , I said , I wo n't run off . |
| 25 | I wo n't have anything more to do with you lot till you give him the elbow . |
| 26 | But it was , as I said , a poor story and I wo n't trouble you with it . |
| 27 | ‘ Next time I wo n't cry , I 'll make you cry ’ |
| 28 | Then she said ‘ I wo n't have you answering back , you will be given your cards , you 'll be sacked . ’ |
| 29 | I told the foreman , ‘ Next time I wo n't cry , I 'll make you cry . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Diabetes made me blind — but I wo n't let it ruin my life ’ |