Example sentences of "would [not/n't] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Go up ! ’ he hissed anxiously , hoping he 'd not be heard ; horrified that she had been witness to Gosse 's death . |
| 2 | As one Pisticci peasant puts it : ‘ if it were not for my family , I 'd not be wearing myself out ’ . |
| 3 | He 'd not be believed , and would just hurt the lad more . |
| 4 | Perhaps she 'd not be required to answer . |
| 5 | I 'd say I 'd not be caught dead in them they were |
| 6 | ‘ It 's very kind of you , but I 'd not be allowed one . ’ |
| 7 | In these circumstances the child would not be rewarded for completing the task . |
| 8 | In reality , the asset would form part of the ‘ general pool ’ of plant and machinery and the tax benefit of the balancing allowance would not be realised as early as in the example . |
| 9 | So Robyn dragged her eyes away , broke the moment with deliberate determination ; her resolutions , made as she 'd lain in bed last night , would not be broken so early , so easily . |
| 10 | Panama later insisted that bilateral trade links would not be broken . |
| 11 | ‘ It would not be applied to someone who uses the house as their family home but works away from home for most of the week , ’ said Mr Soley . |
| 12 | The inspector has also suggested that Extra Statutory Concession A 71 would not be applied in this case , as he would not be convinced that any of the following three criteria apply : |
| 13 | They have often received inadequate parenting themselves , had negative experiences of the legal process and have been judged by standards which would not be applied to most ordinary people ( and which many ‘ ordinary parents ’ would fail to meet ) . |
| 14 | The MEPs want to do away with the Commission 's proposals for a three month contracting-out period during which the provisions in the directive would not be applied . |
| 15 | Graeme Souness had ensured this fourth round replay would not be lacking in spice by making disparaging remarks about Palace 's muscular approach in the 1-1 draw at Anfield two weeks ago . |
| 16 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 17 | I knew that such modern ideas would not be countenanced in this establishment hareem of Al Ain , however . |
| 18 | She and Dad had made it clear that ‘ young men ’ would not be countenanced until I was at least sixteen . |
| 19 | We would not be disagreeing with one another any more . |
| 20 | A partnership between a large public-spirited company like Pilkington 's or ICI and a school or college would not be replicated in an area in which there are no large companies at all . |
| 21 | ‘ The experience I had as a partner would not be replicated today because of the increasing narrowness of individual roles . ’ |
| 22 | This has raised the question of whether a study such as Bourner and Hamed 's gives a favourable impression of non-standard entrants which would not be replicated in a similar study in the university sector . |
| 23 | Dear Mr Tatchell When I lived in Bermondsey , until my family were bombed out while I was fighting to protect my country from outside evils , we had a saying , Bermondsey was a place where men were men and women counted as ‘ manholes ’ and members of the ‘ Middlesex Regiment ’ would not be tolerated . |
| 24 | The Gater Committee on Film Production Costs , which reported in October 1949 , was in no doubt that the film industry had brought its latest crisis down upon its own head , through creating ‘ a general atmosphere of extravagance and unreality , leading to a disregard of expense which would not be tolerated in other forms of business . ’ |
| 25 | THE East German army last night intervened in the crisis gripping the country for the first time , warning that ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ would not be tolerated and calling on troops to protect military installations against possible attacks by demonstrators . |
| 26 | THE East German army last night intervened in the crisis gripping the country for the first time , warning that ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ would not be tolerated and calling on troops to protect military bases against possible attacks by demonstrators . |
| 27 | The East German army last night intervened in the crisis gripping the country for the first time , warning that ‘ chaos and anarchy ’ would not be tolerated and calling on troops to protect military installations against possible attacks by demonstrators . |
| 28 | The Council is , thanks to the SEA , more than ever the true ‘ Parliament ’ of the European Community in that it — rather than the Strasbourg assembly — passes the Community 's laws and does so , moreover , behind closed doors in ways which would not be tolerated in any individual national member state . |
| 29 | In the ensuing pandemonium the young musicians played on , but Matron came and took Anna away , scolding her gently for bad behaviour which would not be tolerated once she was settled in . |
| 30 | In turn , this can lead to an acceptance of physical ill-health that would not be tolerated by younger people . |