Example sentences of "wo n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 2 | They wo n't accept with Charles Wychwood that ‘ everything is copied ’ , and wo n't accept his opinion of Chatterton : ‘ Thomas Chatterton believed that he could explain the entire material and spiritual world in terms of imitation and forgery , and so sure was he of his own genius that he allowed it to flourish under other names . ’ |
| 3 | They wo n't accept with Charles Wychwood that ‘ everything is copied ’ , and wo n't accept his opinion of Chatterton : ‘ Thomas Chatterton believed that he could explain the entire material and spiritual world in terms of imitation and forgery , and so sure was he of his own genius that he allowed it to flourish under other names . ’ |
| 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 | Your natural ability is the thing that should emerge , and if you have been well coached the coaching wo n't show . |
| 7 | Nobody wants a florid letter from someone they have never seen before but as an actor your style and personality must come through sufficiently — a bare list of parts played wo n't convey much . |
| 8 | But being in an overcrowded profession does n't mean that you wo n't be considered . |
| 9 | And , of course , working with professional directors who wo n't say things like ‘ Your uvula is n't relaxed enough ’ , but simply ‘ I ca n't hear you ’ . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry but er … well I 've got two pieces that er wo n't take long . |
| 11 | When it comes to acting people will always say ‘ Do n't — you 're going to get hurt ’ , and of course you wo n't believe them . |
| 12 | Wo n't let me out of his sight for a minute , he said . |
| 13 | My body just wo n't respond to the glass . |
| 14 | Why it wo n't get going . |
| 15 | Wo n't be contradicted . |
| 16 | Assistant head of the hotel school , John Staples , adds : ‘ They wo n't be experts but they 'll have a good understanding of what it 's all about . |
| 17 | During a recession , the public can not be blamed for watching pennies in the hope that pounds wo n't disappear quite so quickly , but most Britons eat to live rather than living to eat , no matter how the economy is doing . |
| 18 | Sammut wo n't be drawn into a debate as to whether Michelin is fair to women or not . |
| 19 | Half-way through the last act we 'll call a doctor , and the police if you like — they wo n't stop the show then and the delay wo n't harm Bunty , poor little cow . ’ |
| 20 | Half-way through the last act we 'll call a doctor , and the police if you like — they wo n't stop the show then and the delay wo n't harm Bunty , poor little cow . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The foreign gentleman wo n't have a notion how things are done below stairs . |
| 22 | ‘ You wo n't believe this but Margot Iverson died in the night … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Will she take it all the way or wo n't she ? ’ became the talk of the senior common room . |
| 24 | ‘ I keep telling you but you wo n't listen . |
| 25 | At the wedding , everyone but everyone came up to me to say , ‘ It wo n't be long before it 's your turn too , ’ or something similar , and each time somebody said it , I grew increasingly resentful . |
| 26 | ‘ Fine by me , but wo n't Bryant smell a rat when he sees me walking out with all this ? ’ |
| 27 | Look , you will come back tomorrow , wo n't you ? |
| 28 | ‘ You wo n't survive without hope , you know . ’ |
| 29 | It wo n't be the greatest place you 've ever lived , I know , but at least it 's going to be dry and … ’ |
| 30 | Hopefully you wo n't have to stay here for very long anyway . ’ |