Example sentences of "would [not/n't] leave " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Francis would know something was happening : he would not leave it be until he 'd extracted every detail , he never did . |
| 2 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 3 | The worst of being in a job which the world regarded as not the right place for him was that the world would not leave him alone . |
| 4 | Would she even have started the relationship if she had not been reasonably certain that in the end he would not leave his wife ? |
| 5 | We would not leave it to the discretion of the doctors but , acting on the best medical advice , set down what drugs could be prescribed and those that could not . |
| 6 | At Bethel , the place of the vision of the stairway to heaven , God promised him that he would be with him , that he would keep him wherever he went , that he would bring him back to the Land , and would not leave him . |
| 7 | He would not leave his quarters , holing up like some manic , wounded beast , pacing back and forth , drinking , pausing to spout unbelievably complex monologues on genetic theory , which to Zambia sounded more like the ravings of a demented priest . |
| 8 | My train would not leave for over two hours , so I strolled desultorily around the town . |
| 9 | To Wilson 's embarrassment , he would not leave the subject alone . |
| 10 | Within a few days she had resolved to flee the country — her husband would not leave his business — and to join her parents , who had settled in London in 1936 . |
| 11 | He still had a lot more to write but , considering that he was bowing out with Telemachus , he thought that he would not leave a negligible oeuvre behind him . |
| 12 | came unto the workmen and beat and terrified them , threatening to kill them , if they would not leave their work , threw some of them in the river and kept them under water with long poles , and at several other times , upon the Knelling of a Bell , came to the said works in riotous and warlike manner , divided themselves into companies , to take the workmen and filled up the ditches and drains , made to carry away the water , burned up the working tools and other materials of the Relator and his workmen , and set up poles in the form of gallows , to terrifie the workmen and threatened to break their arms and legs , and beat and hurt many of them and made others flee away , whom they pursued to a town with such terror and threats , that they were forced to guard the town . |
| 13 | Those words of Idris , ‘ Pas possible , ’ and his hangdog look would not leave me alone . |
| 14 | Torloisk is mentioned , where the estate had the irritating problem of the crofters that would not leave . |
| 15 | But they would not leave him alone . |
| 16 | There were no other forecasts , but the 0700 weather at Vigo was all right , which meant that we could possibly divert there , although this presented two problems for use as an alternate : our endurance would not leave safe reserves on arrival , and it was in Spain . |
| 17 | That encounter would not leave Paul 's mind . |
| 18 | But the image of Dinah would not leave him , and was strengthened by the times he visited the theatre and saw her in the flesh . |
| 19 | ‘ Sir , you have been so good to me that I would not leave , unless you require me to , ’ Paul said . |
| 20 | Mr G gave evidence that his vehicles would not leave the operating centre before 8 am or return before 5 pm . |
| 21 | That is , the restoration of the court of Gascony to its former purpose would mean that appeals would not leave the duchy for the Paris Parlement . |
| 22 | My first marriage was coming to an end , but my husband would not leave until I had a permanent job ( so that I could support his children ) . |
| 23 | Unfortunately for Galileo , though there was no unanimity of reaction , there were clerics who would not leave the issue alone and who , by their denunciation , drew attention to its divisiveness . |
| 24 | But she would not leave us be . |
| 25 | The Colonial Secretary , now Lennox-Boyd , invited Nkrumah to visit London but he would not leave at this critical time . |
| 26 | The memory of his last visit would not leave her ; there was a jagged edge to it — for had she not tried to force him against his will and had he not been aware of that and too kind to give her the direct reaction she deserved for her over-boldness ? |
| 27 | From that day , Kitty would not leave the woods . |
| 28 | She visited Kitty , wishing the old woman really had been a witch and then she could have solved the riddles which would not leave her in peace . |
| 29 | He recalled he had suffered a terrible nightmare ; so vivid that even when his eyes were open and he was screaming for his mammy , the nightmare would not leave him . |
| 30 | I was more tired than ever before , but everything was so new and interesting I would not leave the deck . |