Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaine 's voice was concerned but deep inside she hoped he would not decide to go to the party . |
| 2 | Now I would not want to live in a country where my ex-wife and I were denied the right to another chance . ’ |
| 3 | If I were to leave the job in 1995 or 1996 I would not want to leave behind a wrecked team because that 's not my style . |
| 4 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 5 | When one tries , one invariably finds an activity that one 's definition includes but that one would not want to count as a game , or an activity that the definition excludes but that one would want to count as a game . |
| 6 | In his letter he stated : ’ Such a development will cause me no little difficulty — especially from the SNP ! if you and Douglas Hurd judge that the UK 's overall interests will be best served then I would not want to stand in the way of UKAEA 's involvement . ’ |
| 7 | ( ‘ I would not care to sail to the Canaries in such crates , ’ wrote the Portuguese consul in Seville , with obvious pleasure . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure you would not like to rest for a little ? ’ enquired Agnes . |
| 9 | We would not like to get into the New Zealand situation of ranching , but it seems in many senses we are already there . |
| 10 | He hoped he would not have to go during the night . |
| 11 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 12 | Sure , then I would not have to stand in the rain talking to you ’ — PHIL DANAHER ( Ireland 's injured skipper ) talking to a radio commentator on the Athletic Park ( Wellington ) sidelines before Ireland lost the Second Test against New Zealand ( 59–6 ) . |
| 13 | The government would not venture to interfere with the internal details of other professions such as those of law and medicine , and if teachers are not allowed to run their own show , education will suffer . |
| 14 | Whilst we would not wish to comment on the suitability or otherwise of the particular applicants , we do however appreciate the value of such establishments to rural communities . |
| 15 | I would n't want to die in a strange land . ’ |
| 16 | I mean they would n't want to listen to the music I do n't think |
| 17 | Of course she was interested — who would n't want to live in an ancient castle ? |
| 18 | Where the Sales Department insists on selling to people we would n't want to touch with a barge pole ! |
| 19 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 20 | ‘ Even if anyone came in for me I would n't want to go before the end of the season . |
| 21 | Dealing with injured bats , unwanted newts and cats with bad breath is all in the line of duty for Christine Hall — and it 's a job she would n't want to swap for a million pounds . |
| 22 | He was n't happy , but could only agree when I said I was sure that he would n't want to look at a naked man . |
| 23 | We would n't want to comment on the comparative merits of your Minitex and Barbara Smith 's Erka which we show below but it is interesting that the Minitex cost £42.10s.0d in 1950 and the Erka 45 guineas in 1960 . |
| 24 | Ken 's method on such occasions was to raise his voice — on the theory that if nobody recognized his face , they would n't fail to relate to the sounds he was making , the variety of Kenneth Williams voices , alternately cockney , Oxford and the sing-song that went with most of his radio characters . |
| 25 | Most people would think that an accomplished director of commercials would n't need to sit on the bottom of the ocean taking pictures of some of the World 's most dangerous creatures . |
| 26 | I suppose he would n't need to comment on the letter if he 's . |
| 27 | I would n't like to go for a week in silence . |
| 28 | I would n't like to go through a year without being in a war because I feel as if that 's my yearly hang-up . |
| 29 | Right , I I I do n't want to repeat what 's been said , in fact , I would n't like to speculate around the age of any member of the |
| 30 | That 's flats home I would n't like to live above a car park . |