Example sentences of "[pron] would not take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is widely believed , for example , that farmers contaminate watercourses every day in the normal course of their jobs ; but , as an officer from a rural district put it , ‘ I would n't take action if he could n't do anything about it . ’ |
| 2 | I treated her rotten whilst I was studying like I would n't take time off studying to go and see her or phone her when I saw her as often as I could , every weekend |
| 3 | Editor , — There is scarcely an assertion in Richard Smith 's editorial about the General Medical Council ( GMC ) with which I would not take issue . |
| 4 | I would not take office under MacDonald , and yet it would have been impossible to have refused . |
| 5 | Clearly , the spirit of the laws of this Irish state was to be a religious one and therefore one which would not take account of the then one thousand , and now ten thousand or more of the population in the Southern state who professed no religion . |
| 6 | A particularly charming smile ensured she 'd not take offence at his words . |
| 7 | She would n't take Bryce though , recalling what had happened earlier . |
| 8 | Surely she would n't take Zambia 's remarks about himself seriously . |
| 9 | She would n't take advantage of his friendliness . |
| 10 | And in fact , though perhaps it is shocking to admit it , we took some advantage of this dreadful argument during the campaign : we said we did not want to bring personalities into the election , but of course it was important that members of the Council should be responsible people who would not take advantage of their ‘ special position ’ . |
| 11 | Dr Johannsen told us all about the work you do , about how you would n't take payment for it , and you so hard up and all . |
| 12 | COLBERT : Yeah , you would n't take Pottz home to dad . |
| 13 | A potentially crippling problem arose last week when hundreds of policemen from the 17,000-strong security force said they would not take part unless they were guaranteed proper living conditions and pay rises . |
| 14 | Successful though holidays may be they would not take place without a large bank balance . |
| 15 | All the Iraqi people with whom we met assured us that they were eager for negotiations in order to avoid war , but said that they would not take orders from George Bush , and that none of the parties should insist on any conditions to the holding of these negotiations . |
| 16 | They would n't take part in operations . |
| 17 | He would not take part at all . |
| 18 | And er I he used he used he u used to take lunch he would n't he would n't take tea dinner he used to have like to have tea in a bottle . |
| 19 | It would n't take Sergeant Noble very long to find out . |
| 20 | Original signatories : Albania ( withdrew 1968 ) ; Bulgaria ; Czechoslovakia [ see below ] ; East Germany ( withdrew in September 1990 prior to unification with West Germany ) ; Hungary ( declared in June 1990 that it would not take part in military exercises in 1990 and that it intended to withdraw from the Pact by the end of 1991 ) ; Poland [ see below ] ; Romania ; Soviet Union . |