Example sentences of "he would not [verb] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , when Wolsey fell from power and died in Leicester Abbey , crushing my hand and whispering , ‘ If I had served my God as well as I served my king , he would not leave me to die like this , ’ Agrippa transferred his allegiance to Henry and brought those two witches over to build a special clock . |
| 2 | I told myself that I had to face up to things ; John might have forgotten me , he might have been changed beyond recognition by his experiences ; he would not want me to mope . |
| 3 | Martin here would have done as much , but that I was none too secure on my feet , and he would not let me undertake the journey home alone . |
| 4 | ‘ He would not let me tend it properly before , stubborn man that he — ’ |
| 5 | he would n't talk I says no names mentioned , well it is I have to put there and there like , but Aye twenty tapes , you do n't have to use all the tapes , like you know , just , for different languages |
| 6 | He would n't make me have my birthday party in the rumpus-room with the girls . |
| 7 | He would n't allow me to wear stockings , and I was still in knee-socks and lace-ups when I left school . |
| 8 | Although I could n't wait to leave school once and for all so I could join Granpa permanently , if I ever played truant for as much as an hour he would n't take me to watch West Ham on Saturday afternoon or , worse , he 'd stop me selling on the barrow in the morning . |
| 9 | When I got married , he would n't let me go to visit the Girls ' Club . |
| 10 | And he would n't let me go at nine o'clock if he thought I had n't have been knackered and ready to fall down you know . |
| 11 | He always rushed to the phone , he would n't let me answer the phone you see . |
| 12 | He would n't let me pay that for it , he said that they had at the shop . |
| 13 | He would n't let me say something and I tried about three times and in the end I just kept talking , |
| 14 | My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them . |
| 15 | ‘ There was a painting on his easel , but he would n't let me see it . |
| 16 | He would n't let me pick him up , comfort him , do anything with him at all and I just did n't know what was wrong with him . |
| 17 | Then he would n't let me help clear away . |
| 18 | As he is a nobleman 's son , I know he would n't like me to accept a gift from anyone . |
| 19 | ‘ My dear brother must have guessed I 'd come here and tipped them off , but then he would n't know I had these . ’ |
| 20 | hoping he would n't ask me to turn the telly over and I 'd have to get up . |