Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | — senses can not always be derived by affix-stripping , e.g. ’ conductivity ’ derives from ’ conduct ’ , but corresponds only to the electrical sense ( one would not talk of the ’ conductivity ’ of an orchestra ) ; |
| 2 | Ethel knew a lot more about what the master would and would not think of doing to a young woman than Mr Eames did . |
| 3 | She prayed they would not think of looking under the bed . |
| 4 | Potential new readers of Spare Rib would not think of looking under that section for a women 's magazine , and I assumed it was a mistake on the part of overworked staff . |
| 5 | Conceptually this mistake can be pointed out by indicating that unless the rules in question had important relevance to central areas of human concern we would not think of them as constituting a system of law . |
| 6 | When rights of conquest or hereditary rights had placed two or more territories under a medieval ruler , he was quite accustomed to finding that they were ruled under different constitutions and he would not think of trying to impose a uniform system of government on them ; Queen Elizabeth had rights and duties in England that were rather different from the rights and duties she had in the Channel Islands , which were all that was left of William the Conqueror 's Norman territories , and it was perfectly natural for each new English acquisition overseas to be won on terms that differed from what had happened previously . |
| 7 | I would not think of him as evil , but he could not have felt real love for me . |
| 8 | She would not think of kissing and being kissed before the white eyes of the Virgin . |
| 9 | The moment she thought of Peter , then Martin ( no , she would not think of him in that ridiculous way with a small m ) no longer looked so good , so handsome . |
| 10 | Would Soyer — no , he would not think of Soyer . |
| 11 | He seemed to her to be too splendid to wash dishes ; even Glyn would not think of it , and Alain seemed to her to be a figure of towering importance , the most masculine man she had ever seen . |
| 12 | No , she would not think of that — no , never that , and she began to wield her feather duster with such angry vigour that Dr Neil , coming in , was amused at her bright energy which even the ever-lasting drudgery which she performed could not dim . |
| 13 | She would not think of her dry mouth or her empty stomach , or the clammy chill of the dungeon that had seeped into every bone in her body . |
| 14 | She would not think of the pitiful remains in the corner . |
| 15 | But for the moment she resolved that she would not think of the loathsome interview again until she was in Prague . |
| 16 | However , a child , having the book read to them , would not think of such complex ideas , and after all the book was designed for a child . |
| 17 | The Homicide Act can affect ( have an influence or bearing upon ) a problem , or it can effect ( bring about ) a result , but we would not speak of ‘ effecting ’ a problem . |
| 18 | As regards restoration , just as we would not dream of stripping out the original interior of the Blackfriar , by the same token we would not seek to preserve a Thirties estate pub which had long since ceased to address the needs of the community it was built to serve . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Wilson ’ , he said , ‘ is imposing on Prince Charles a sacrifice which he would not dream of imposing on his own son. , It was indeed a sacrifice and one from which many a twenty-year-old would have turned and run . |
| 20 | Mr Wickens would not dream of handing selection or filtering to anyone else , whether the union or a local government . |
| 21 | Simple , you say , yet how many people force down meals on a diet that they would not dream of choosing if they were not on that diet ? |
| 22 | You would not dream of not bathing , washing your face , or washing your hair . |
| 23 | ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things . |
| 24 | In normal circumstances , of course , I would not dream of doing this . |
| 25 | ‘ In normal circumstances , of course , ’ he read out loud , testing it for credibility , ‘ I would not dream of doing this . |
| 26 | We would not dream of seeking remedial help for a child who does not draw well . |
| 27 | So Sarazen took on a young caddie , who , it transpired , seemed to do all the things that even the caddies of today would not dream of doing , like pulling the clubs without consultation with Sarazen , and then , if the club did not work , telling Sarazen he had just hit a bad shot — it was not his club selection at fault . |
| 28 | And if he willingly takes on his share of household and parental duties , he may still have to contend with the scorn expressed by some old-fashioned ‘ macho ’ types who would not dream of being seen to do what they continue to think of as ‘ women 's work ’ . |
| 29 | The missing 90 per cent is where the left-hand brain thinkers would not dream of looking for it — it lies in our capacity to create pictures , to visualize . |
| 30 | She knows she could have gone much further but would not dream of stabbing anyone in the back to get on , even if they deserved it . |