Example sentences of "[noun sg] would n't [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The professor would n't send anyone to their death like that . ’
2 hoping the wind would n't catch it like a sail .
3 A day 's work would n't do none of 'em any ‘ arm . ’
4 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 .
5 Emily willed her daughter to show the right amount of gratitude , she prayed that the girl would n't take it for granted .
6 ‘ That kind of marriage would n't suit me at all . ’
7 ‘ The name would n't mean anything to you . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 All the actors are local people but the company would n't allow anyone from the works was to take part … she says , It was very disappointing initially but in some ways that makes it more important that we should go ahead with the project .
11 But Mrs. Thatcher and Company would n't see it like that , it was agreed .
12 They used to do that : the chief inspector walking down on a Saturday morning in full regalia and one of these fellows would nod and they 'd always walk to the corner , and the Chief would n't say anything about it because they were on the corner and not causing any obstruction .
13 The docker docker mission would n't supply you with water boots we had to supply our own , now today they supply them with everything even underlinen I think nearly now .
14 The shuttle would n't reach her before the suit 's air supply ran out .
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