Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 I have got to know him : he would not go round there unless she had given the all clear . ’
2 I would not go as far as one group which makes ‘ coupleness and a sense of call in husband and wife ’ one of their ten non-negotiables for church planters .
3 Certainly , it is important to study bureaucracies as institutions in their own right , even if we would not go as far as the poet Alexander Pope who wrote :
4 Even now , I would not go so far as to say it is a bad staff plan ; after all , it enables a staff of four to cover an unexpected amount of ground .
5 Dhanraj began by stating unequivocally that she saw film-making as a tool for socio-political challenge ( she would not go so far as to say change ) and that documentary was best suited to this purpose .
6 " Then , " said Dandelion , " Frith felt himself in friendship with El-ahrairah , because of his resourcefulness , and because he would not give up even when he thought the fox and the weasel were coming .
7 things would not move much further until they were given a determined push , and MT Crosland was to do just that .
8 In the middle of the document , he says that if the MacSharry proposals were accepted — he says that they would be — they would not last very long because they would be too expensive .
9 That this Second World War would not last so long as the First , and even that it might not be a war on such a world-scale , were legitimate presumptions at the time , and Eliot was firmly of the opinion that we should be thinking then and there of the world which would finally emerge .
10 And he said his company 's 99p set of earrings would not last as long as a Marks and Spencer prawn sandwich .
11 But he would not find out more while the husband was there .
12 So I told my proposer to let my name stand , and said I would accept whatever the ballot box decided , but would not play there again if the vote went against me .
13 Also that the children of the La Mane Centre would not live happily ever after until they had killed Dr Adams .
14 The fact that some believed that their teaching programme would not differ greatly even if such examinations were abolished seems to suggest that the GCSE syllabuses may be moving in the right direction , and present fewer conflicts with the way arts teachers normally operate .
15 You would n't leave here even if I gave a direct order . ’
16 ‘ I hope that remark does n't imply that you would n't care so much if she was a nasty person .
17 ‘ I would n't go as far as that . ’
18 ‘ I would n't go as far as to say that but I 'll admit you were in a rather nasty pickle . ’
19 Then he looked up with a solemn expression and replied : ‘ Well , I would n't go as far as that . ’
20 No I would n't go as far as that anyway but I 'm saying they 're in the wrong it 's not you in the wrong , they 're in
21 Surely they would n't go so far as to break in ?
22 I would n't go so far as to say there 's no skill , because if you do have skill in identifying draws , then you 'll increase your chances of winning by using your skill in identifying those draws , but how much you win depends very heavily on how many draws there are and how many other people choose those same draws .
23 It would n't exist as far as the programmer was concerned .
24 ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’
25 Well they would n't get on again if they objected would they ?
26 The bill would be around £75 but , as Mary had said , the van would n't get as far as Calais in its present state .
27 She was as sure as she could be that she had n't been followed , but she knew she would n't breathe freely again until she was airborne .
28 Jack would n't shoot so long as he 'd got hold of him .
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