Example sentences of "would [not/n't] look at " in BNC.

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1 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
2 With that Honourable he could approach a ready Miss D'Arcy who would not look at a tradesman , a craftsman , let alone a common man whatever his industry or honesty .
3 She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time .
4 Dr Johnson would not look at the bones .
5 As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science .
6 Folk would not look at it nowadays .
7 Were it not for Papa 's dollars I would not look at her twice !
8 ‘ Afterwards — she would not look at me or speak for a long time .
9 ‘ Only you would n't look at me . ’
10 I wish she would n't look at me like that — she 's gone all hard and like she do n't like me no more .
11 Certainly we would n't look at any products which were being realised at the expense of the animal without a gain to mankind .
12 The new Ewan would n't look at it .
13 Her boast was that she had been dancing at every RAF and American air force station within a 30-mile radius , and that she would n't look at any male with a rank lower than Squadron Leader or the American equivalent .
14 Surely a man of the cloth would n't look at her with the same sort of craving as James Halden .
15 She was blank-faced and would n't look at him .
16 She would n't look at Lacuna .
17 Lacuna tossed her great head and would n't look at him .
18 To his puzzlement , however , she kept her eyes averted and would n't look at him .
19 I did n't say anything and I would n't look at him .
20 She said it was premature but she had n't made any , provision for it , and would n't look at the baby .
21 He would n't look at her .
22 She wished he would n't look at her like that .
23 He would n't look at me , said it was against his religion .
24 When using those dramatic frames which require children to prepare and then share small group work ( e.g. the investigation , the pageant , the making of a documentary ) take the opportunity to question or comment on their use of space : " I wonder why the council official would n't look at the interviewer ? "
25 ‘ I knew something was wrong — when I got there he would n't look at me .
26 And he said yes you can , but it would do you no good at all , cos if the point came when you split up the judge would n't look at your contract , he would only consider the rights of the child .
27 So I cook one the other day , and I cook one this morning , I 've pressure cooked one for him , but he would n't look at it Reg is definitely
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