Example sentences of "[conj] would [adv] not [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the government 's bounty attracted industry that would probably not have come to Berlin otherwise , and might not stay without it . |
| 2 | Older characterizations of ‘ speech community ’ , such as that of Wyld ( 1927 : 47 ) , assume that everybody speaking a ‘ dialect ’ speaks in the same way : these scholars would therefore have believed that inner-city Belfast is homogeneous and would simply not have expected to find the enormous diversity that actually does exist , so they probably would not have bothered to investigate it . |
| 3 | Do not let the channel of communication with your supervisor close — even if you are behind and would rather not have to face the situation of explaining why . |
| 4 | What I 'm trying to say is that while I do n't really like the shape and some of the other features on this guitar at all , and would certainly not choose to include them if I were designing an instrument for myself , it should n't matter . |
| 5 | The opportunity to discuss problems with members of other district societies was a great assistance to me in leading the various debates of the Southern Society during my presidential year and would certainly not have arisen without the opportunity to travel . |
| 6 | In his view this figure is comparable with that in other countries , but until recently men with such problems would not have admitted the fact , and would certainly not have sought treatment . |
| 7 | The Colonel was used to acting in loco parentis and would certainly not have responded as warmly as he had done to Miss Danziger 's maturity had he not discerned in it a vulnerability : something he could defend . |
| 8 | The fact that cats are solitary hunters and would certainly not wish to let other felines join them in stalking a particular prey , makes this clicking noise something of a mystery . |