Example sentences of "would not [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Father said she 'd not eat or drink till she gave in ? |
| 2 | ‘ It was when Lachlan said he 'd not come that your face changed . |
| 3 | And she 'd not rise and slip out unnoticed ! |
| 4 | The door would not open and she had nowhere to go . |
| 5 | She found another door that would not open and knocked loudly on it . |
| 6 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 7 | But this claim is precisely one which he would not make if he were not certain that p . |
| 8 | He warned that the reconciliation process would not progress until the North had moved on this issue . |
| 9 | Even knowing he was finished she would not stop but pulled herself against him , levered and bucked with a grunting intensity which made him look down on her with pity . |
| 10 | Mr Adams made his offer to meet the four church leaders in a letter last August , but in their reply the churchmen said they would not talk until Sinn Fein publicly called for an end to violence . |
| 11 | She told herself she would not be shy , she would not blush when addressed as la petite Anglaise , she would not mind having her fluency admiringly remarked upon , she would not care that everyone in the shop would turn round and stare at her , the foreigner . |
| 12 | That way , of course , you would not protest when she moved . |
| 13 | Those exquisite hand-tailored shoes would not feel that their place is in an airy whirl of orgasmic delight . |
| 14 | And I would not feel that Kenneth would ge could get near to any one of us . |
| 15 | I would very much hope that other parents would not feel that they ought to be doing to the same thing , unless their circumstances were very similar . |
| 16 | I would very much hope that other parents would not feel that they ought to be doing to the same thing , unless their circumstances were very similar . |
| 17 | But it seemed , sir , when first I talked to Mrs Browning , before ever I mentioned my plan , or else I would not have mentioned it , it seemed Ferdinando was to go , that there was no choice , that he was nigh essential to your comfort , and then , having spoken out , to find he was not and therefore he would not go and my plan was to come to nothing — it is hard to understand , sir . ’ |
| 18 | The reason I would not go and live there for six days , let alone six months , was segregation . |
| 19 | Certainly , they would not go and beg from wealthy relatives ! |
| 20 | Increases in producer prices were announced for tea ( up 75 per cent to Sh35 per kilogram with immediate effect ) and grade A cotton ( up 63 per cent with effect from December 1989 ) ; coffee prices would not change until world prices improved . |
| 21 | On a first consideration one would not think that there would be appreciable stresses parallel to the crack surface but on reflection it will be seen that this must always be so . |
| 22 | One would not think that it was important from the statistics that have been compiled about the industry under this Government . |
| 23 | One would not think that that was Labour 's intention from reading the document ’ London United ’ issued by the Labour party , but one would know it from reading the draft of that document which the Labour party did not dare publish . |
| 24 | Sycorax would not reply except to rasp her curses . |
| 25 | It was almost predictable that a perfectionist like Pérignon would not rest until he found a bottle strong enough to withstand the internal pressure exerted by a sparkling wine . |
| 26 | He would not rest until every last parasite was cleared from this ball of rock , and , ’ his voice began to rise , ‘ neither will we . |
| 27 | He would not rest until he saw her behind bars . |
| 28 | Is there any fish I could keep with my Red-tail Catfish in his 8′ × 4′ × 4′ tank that he would not eat as he grows ? |
| 29 | Hitler endeavoured , in October 1939 , to make peace with France and Britain , but the Allies would not negotiate unless Hitler restored Poland , Austria and Czechoslovakia to their former state . |
| 30 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |