Example sentences of "[prep] it but [pers pn] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I tried to persuade him out of it but he would n't budge . |
| 2 | Yeah , well I I tried to get rid of it but it would n't go . |
| 3 | Does n't no , but the point if that was being contemplated and today we get away with it but we would n't get away with it tomorrow or Thursday . |
| 4 | I came on a train here today from London in South Africa if you are black and you got on a train it would n't be as comfortable and there would be crowds in it but you would n't know whether you reached the other end because at some station a group of people would get on and shoot you indiscriminately , and get off again leaving that scene of massacre . |
| 5 | No some other people were saying about that , you know , ah that they , you know that they were gon na put in for it but they would n't let them cos it was shop , you know , blah blah blah . |