Example sentences of "would not [verb] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She would not go down for the fireworks .
2 When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England .
3 There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats .
4 Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North .
5 The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’
6 The extra cash would n't go amiss for the chickenwire fund .
7 Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger .
8 And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else .
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