Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 2 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 3 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 4 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 5 | it is simple to calculate one person in a single room , two in a double , but that would not allow for an extra person in a room or for children ; therefore an average is calculated thus : |
| 6 | Abu was absent , and would not reappear for a further thirty-six hours , so we had time to watch the painful disintegration of the space-arc village and the departure of lines of subdued barefoot guests , laden with meat and buffalo horns . |
| 7 | If she is sure that she would not qualify for a supplementary pension and wishes to apply for a rent rebate or allowance , an application form , and the information leaflet There 's Money off your Rent , can be obtained from the local authority Housing Department . |
| 8 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
| 9 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 10 | ‘ You would n't care for a wafer-thin mint ? ’ the barman enquired . |
| 11 | He knew he ought not to mark the books really , but it was only a tiny mark in pencil and no-one could accuse him of defacing library property , not really , it would n't do for an ex-library committee member to be caught defacing library property now would it . |
| 12 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |