Example sentences of "[conj] would n't [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They may have decided that they might n't like the loss of privacy or would n't feel happy handling the money , ’ she says . |
| 2 | Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered . |
| 3 | She was baffled when she could n't give herself , or would n't give herself , a satisfactory answer . |
| 4 | He knew his mother was dying and he either could n't or would n't go to see her . |
| 5 | He not only believed that she would be a willing accessory to his two-timing Cavell , but that Cavell either would n't realise what was happening or would n't mind if she did . |
| 6 | Were there any times when you would n't work in the shop or would n't cut the meat ? |
| 7 | But he either could n't or would n't understand , and he left it at the back . |
| 8 | ‘ Everyone knew in the business at the time , ’ she continued remorselessly , ‘ but you had such a problem with your ego you could n't or would n't accept it ! |
| 9 | A domestic market that becomes part of an international market is going to be subjected to the effects of changes which might otherwise have been more slow in coming — or would n't have immediately affected it . |
| 10 | I tapped on the armour-plated glass but he could n't or would n't hear me , so I pressed the button marked ‘ Reception ’ and the old buffer jumped vertically like a Harrier with wind . |
| 11 | He 's table he goes and there 's a dick head in glasses that would n't serve you at the tuck shop cos it was closing . |
| 12 | Then she switches on a dumb schoolgirl smile that would n't fool a grandma and she says , ‘ Hey , you dealing , man ? |
| 13 | When that argument had failed , she had tried taunting herself with infatuation — with having developed a schoolgirl-like crush that would n't outlast separation . |
| 14 | And you would take this book and you 'd put a hard piece of it was a kind of a a cardboard that would n't absorb water I 've forgotten what the thing was made of . |
| 15 | Pieces out of picture puzzles , Bent-up nails and ice-cream sticks , Twists of wires , worn-out tyres , Paper bags and broken bricks , Old chipped vases , half shoe-laces , Gatlin " guns that would n't shoot , Leaky boats that would n't float , And stopped-up horns that would n't toot . |
| 16 | Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle may have been chosen to take the vital 1990 World Cup semi-final penalties because they appeared to be just the sort of level-headed British , team players that would n't miss . |
| 17 | When a woman lunches on a plate of raw spinach that would n't satisfy a tortoise , she simply wo n't have the energy to demand a seat on the board . |
| 18 | Unheeding , the Welshman went on , ‘ How are their wives expected to feed a family on a lump of cheese not big enough for a mouse , and a handful of peas that would n't satisfy a guinea-pig ? |
| 19 | But the management did respond and er I think it was just because of the sheer pressure of the shop stewards er making continuous overtures to them on each and every problem that came up , and they were not going to be set aside er with a simple answer er that would n't satisfy a member . |
| 20 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 21 | The last four years have been a nightmare that would n't go away , no matter what I did . |
| 22 | And ‘ S ’ is for story that would n't go the way it was planned . |
| 23 | There are some sacks over there that would n't go into the barn . |
| 24 | It was as well she had ordered something that would n't go cold . |
| 25 | Some poor sap made the mistake of his career and applied the wrong brand of paint — the kind that would n't wash off . |
| 26 | A whole lot of alibis that would n't wash at all . ’ |
| 27 | Pieces out of picture puzzles , Bent-up nails and ice-cream sticks , Twists of wires , worn-out tyres , Paper bags and broken bricks , Old chipped vases , half shoe-laces , Gatlin " guns that would n't shoot , Leaky boats that would n't float , And stopped-up horns that would n't toot . |
| 28 | Well he would n't do that , a , that 's council that would n't do it ! |
| 29 | THE CAR THAT WOULD N'T SQUEAL |
| 30 | Got a nose that would n't disgrace a bloodhound , and a phenomenal memory . ’ |