Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I did n't joke I 'd cry . ’ |
| 2 | She had n't guessed it would land her in the thick of a family feud . |
| 3 | On the other hand , perhaps the youth was just plain stupid and had n't realised what would happen when he started waving that placard about . |
| 4 | She knew she was overdressed for the occasion but had n't realised it would make her look both predatory and incom-petently so , since one of the main adult sports at Chris 's school was trying to get that nice Major Maxim remarried . |
| 5 | If I had n't stopped you would have made love with me , and that is n't the action of a woman desperately in love with another man , is it ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I — I did n't think what would happen to it . |
| 7 | ‘ Ca n't think what would happen to the shop if I take one day off . ’ |
| 8 | I do n't think we would engage in that sort of thing . |
| 9 | I I do n't think , we had a matron who was extremely strict and I do n't think we would 've dared to say anything to her at all . |
| 10 | I do n't think we would 've been standing outside the gates . |
| 11 | erm It was really one of the guidelines , it was the , if we considered doing that then I do n't think we would have had a four nation programme or certainly a five nation programme at the start , I do n't think we would 've er stayed together , it was really one of the basic requirements not to have that capability . |
| 12 | I did n't think we would have the opportunity to say things — we all got a chance to speak . |
| 13 | I think that given that you were er , you could n't find the basic book that you were expected to read , I thought you , you gave an excellent account of it , I mean , if you had n't told us that you had n't got the book , I do n't think we would have guessed , would we ? |
| 14 | I do n't think we would have worn all four verses again ( especially the one about the wagon being painted green ) but , when he got to the line about the deer and the antelope playing , he burst into tears . |
| 15 | Well if I could just read read that , a well planned strategy for hou for land , for hous , sorry a well planned strategy for land for housing which ensures that housing is available in the areas where jobs are being being created can make a valuable contri contribution to national prosperity and economic growth , so I say I do n't think we would have that erm valuable contribution if the new settlement were located away from Greater York . |
| 16 | erm It was really one of the guidelines , it was the , if we considered doing that then I do n't think we would have had a four nation programme or certainly a five nation programme at the start , I do n't think we would 've er stayed together , it was really one of the basic requirements not to have that capability . |
| 17 | We feel quite like VIPs , although it is really the only practicable way of travelling , since the Institute is a couple of miles away , and even if we had the energy to cycle ( as all the Chinese do ) I do n't think we would have the time . |
| 18 | Two-goal Lancaster said : ‘ We thought there might be eight goals tonight — but we did n't think we would get four of them ! . ’ |
| 19 | Ok agreed , I do n't think we 'd generate a lot of money for those 5 though . |
| 20 | And I do n't think we 'd quarrel if we knew each other better . ’ |
| 21 | At least , I ought to have tried , but I did n't think we 'd end up with a blizzard like this . |
| 22 | ‘ You did n't think we 'd arrive in this Florida place and there 'd be signs up saying ‘ This way to space ’ , did you ? ’ said Angalo sarcastically . |
| 23 | I , I actually think they probably did use up all that was possible available to them at the time , and so , in some ways , this is against the spirit of the policy , although the policies have been changed , and I hear what Councillor said about improvement to the place , and so I do n't think we 'd serve any useful purpose in stopping these people doing this , because they 're probably not the people who were responsible for the flagrant disobeying of the rules at the time . |
| 24 | I think for the time being I I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I 'd I think that it makes sense to be fully in control of it , I think that I you know have great faith in Virgin Atlantic , erm I think that it erm it 's got a great future , erm but erm er I do n't think it would be that easy to erm you know to I do n't think we 'd have partners falling over themselves to get into the airline business in in in this recession . |
| 25 | Quite , providing there was only one representative , and we were n't overburdened , providing it was clearly understood that they were there almost in the same way that a local member would be , to speak on a given item , and not to vote , then I do n't think we 'd have any objections , but it 's entirely up to the Committee , how do you feel ? |
| 26 | But if we were to send people consistently Glasgow to Humberside I do n't think we 'd have them very long . |
| 27 | And I do I do n't think we 'd have any particular difficulty in coping with that increase . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know if we were n't actually allowed to go in there , ’ says Bernard , ‘ but it was an officers ’ domain and I do n't think we 'd have been very welcome going in there as lower ranks . |
| 29 | Did n't think we 'd need two , and mine 's not nearly as good as yours , even if I could take half as good a picture . ’ |
| 30 | And you do n't think we 'd need anything |