Example sentences of "[noun] would [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew that the monster would not visit us until our wedding night . |
| 2 | ‘ The professor would n't send anyone to their death like that . ’ |
| 3 | hoping the wind would n't catch it like a sail . |
| 4 | If you like swinging in the dark — the club would not allow you to be consistent . |
| 5 | A day 's work would n't do none of 'em any ‘ arm . ’ |
| 6 | Gabrielle attended the opening night , the play toured the country — although the citizens of Eastbourne did not have the pleasure of it because the local council would not allow it to be staged unless the title was changed — and the West End beckoned . |
| 7 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 8 | The old lady would n't reach him in that time ; but the assistant saw her swing her right arm forward , the hand clutching a furled umbrella by its ferrule. the crook of the umbrella hooked inside the front of the little boy 's blazer and hooked him like a fish from water out of the path of the skidding car . |
| 9 | Emily willed her daughter to show the right amount of gratitude , she prayed that the girl would n't take it for granted . |
| 10 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 11 | ‘ That kind of marriage would n't suit me at all . ’ |
| 12 | Norwich manager Mike Walker insisted that Newman 's enforced lay-off would not force him into the transfer market . |
| 13 | He could not believe what he was hearing , but he knew that the General would not deceive him in these , or any other , circumstances . |
| 14 | For Emilia , as for himself , Dr Horrocks 's reassurance that miscarriage was a kind of mercy had brought no deep comfort , and Frere would not remind her of it , for he had quickly seen that , in some way he was far from comprehending , the loss was more secondary to her than it was to himself . |
| 15 | Acheson would not commit himself on the sums of money involved and indicated that estimates had to be finalised . |
| 16 | The family persuaded Ken not to attend the inquest at Hammersmith Coroner 's Court , in the hope that the name Charlie Williams would n't mean anything to the Press . |
| 17 | But Rose would n't wear anything in bed . |
| 18 | The government remained reluctant to recognize UNITA until it agreed to end its destabilization campaign , while UNITA would not commit itself to ending hostilities until its future political role was guaranteed . |
| 19 | Television Producers would not cast her in lead roles , knowing full well the public would immediately identify her as ‘ that Doctor Who girl ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ The name would n't mean anything to you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Your God would not thank you for throwing away your life . |
| 22 | When the archbishop heard this he pretended that the king would not allow it to be done ; the pope , fired with the zeal of justice , ordered the archbishop in virtue of the obedience owed to him , not to delay longer in carrying this out or he would find himself suspended from his priestly office and his suffragans released from obedience to him . |
| 23 | Byron would not have me in the larger house , claiming that the dogs would never tolerate my presence without howling all night . |
| 24 | Sir John Menzies had a recurrent dream , especially on the nights when his young wife would not have him in the bed beside her , or he had been drinking late , and he slept in the side bedroom , which was tall and narrow with two pistols perched on nails in the wall . |
| 25 | He had nothing to give Merymose to take to Kenamun , and the priest-administrator would not thank him for information which cast suspicion on two of the most powerful men in the country . |
| 26 | With any luck my father would n't call me for the milking too early ; he generally does n't when I 've been out on patrol the night before . |
| 27 | Rachel Keith would like to have gone there but her mother died and instead she went to see her father to try and effect a reconciliation , but her old father would n't let her over the door . |
| 28 | Always doing a number about his screen image , about how audiences would not accept him as a thief , how audiences would only accept him as a fallen sinner — someone they could love . ’ |
| 29 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 30 | He arrived in France with his battalion on 30 May 1915 , having told his mother , ‘ I do wish people would not deceive themselves by talk of a just war . |