Example sentences of "would [not/n't] look " in BNC.
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| 1 | Significantly , his kindergarten would not see — or would not look . |
| 2 | If the Iran operation took predicates that were illusory — in sum , that arms could be bartered for hostages with an enemy regime , and it would not look like that — the operation to support the Nicaraguan contras had an equally doubtful premise . |
| 3 | The County Council published a statement saying they would not look favourably on any development , Max Nicholson of the NCC entered the fray and we managed to raise the necessary endowment of £100,000 locally . |
| 4 | Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs . |
| 5 | You could even introduce them to your church 's women 's guild and they would not look out of place . |
| 6 | Jimmy and Denis we decided would not look too kindly on our request , the one being too staid and the other too much engrossed in his wife and family . |
| 7 | Midfielder Ian Durrant would not look out of place at AC Milan and will have Italian scouts drooling before the competition is over . |
| 8 | I put a suitcase on the bed and began to throw clothes into it , half my dresses so that Richard would n't notice when he hung his trousers up in the wardrobe , but all my underwear , since he would not look in my drawer . |
| 9 | Some of the dry goods are housed here , but to find a host of Koi-related decorative items you enter a building that would not look out of place in a Japanese tea garden . |
| 10 | In any case although Acheson in his memoirs acknowledged the ‘ perceptive warning of an able colleague ’ and admitted that these fears were eventually borne out by events , at the time he decided nonetheless ‘ that having put our hand to the plough we would not look back ’ and added his own to what would be hundreds of similarly hopeful assessments . |
| 11 | Almost certainly in her eyes , too , but she was not looking , would not look , at Alice ; only said , " Ask the next one to come in . " |
| 12 | This street would not look out of place in London 's most fashionable shopping district . |
| 13 | With that Honourable he could approach a ready Miss D'Arcy who would not look at a tradesman , a craftsman , let alone a common man whatever his industry or honesty . |
| 14 | However , the particles that emerged would not look much like the astronaut . |
| 15 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 16 | Dr Johnson would not look at the bones . |
| 17 | As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science . |
| 18 | Authoritative mother , gracious mistress of this house , she rose , gathering the eyes of non-existent guests ( for she would not look near Dada or Aunt Tossie ) , indicating that luncheon was over and coffee would be in the drawing room . |
| 19 | Folk would not look at it nowadays . |
| 20 | Were it not for Papa 's dollars I would not look at her twice ! |
| 21 | She would not look around . |
| 22 | She would not — she would not look round , she vowed . |
| 23 | ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time . |
| 24 | If that is a railroad , it is pretty slow , and I would not look forward to travelling on it . |
| 25 | It would not look too good if a 110 flown by a man well over forty had outpaced and outmanoeuvred two Spitfires piloted by ‘ the cream ’ . |
| 26 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 27 | ‘ Only you would n't look at me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It would n't look right to be out of my own house on Christmas Day , ’ she answered ; that they were not yet married was left unsaid . |
| 29 | I wish she would n't look at me like that — she 's gone all hard and like she do n't like me no more . |
| 30 | Certainly we would n't look at any products which were being realised at the expense of the animal without a gain to mankind . |