Example sentences of "would n't [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think it 's used to you in that I do n't know what , I do n't tell Ron , well he knows how I felt cos I said course I 'm , god he said , is that a performance , he said I have n't sat on your knee for ages , I said no I just feel like it , before we went out and er , I said well I do n't think there 's anything the matter do you , I said with him back there saying make sure Mr Hudson has the notes , and he said no , he said , he said he would n't leave it seven months he said |
| 2 | If it worked , which it would n't , I would n't want it that way . |
| 3 | But you would n't give me straight answer would you ? |
| 4 | ‘ He admitted that there was someone else , but he would n't give me any details . |
| 5 | You would n't give me some tea , would you , if I come home with you ? |
| 6 | ‘ If you are really dropping people anywhere along that coast I would n't give them forty-eight hours before they are signing a statement for the public prosecutor . |
| 7 | But she would n't give him that satisfaction . |
| 8 | The official appointment would n't give him more money . |
| 9 | I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’ |
| 10 | He had n't wanted to sign anything , but they had said they would n't give him any money unless he did , so he 'd pretended to read the papers carefully and then signed them . |
| 11 | There 's a nice story about my , one of my favourite presidents , I told you last time , Theodore Roosevelt , Roosevelt got very frustrated with congress so he sent the American navy , he had no money , they would n't give him any money , so he sent the American navy to the Philippines and he said to congress if you want them back again you 'd better vote some more money cos they have n't got any fuel erm which is a fairly odd way of proceeding one might think . |
| 12 | In fact there 's been some discussion of this lately , John Elston has argued that if jurors knew that that 's why they were chosen to go on the jury , it would destabilize the princi the practice of it because if you knew you were going on jury just for self-education rather than to get the right results out the other end , then this would n't give you any way of motivating yourself properly for the jury . |
| 13 | would n't give you any marks for that . |
| 14 | I they would n't give you any points . |
| 15 | They would n't do me any good with my Service I grant-you that . ’ |
| 16 | I 'd be more worried about Tony , cos I do n't think Tony 's as well wise as Paul is , in some ways really for both of them it would n't do them any harm you know because look , they 're , they 're , they 're not typical lads in many ways |
| 17 | It would n't do him any harm to take this ungoverned creature for a short jaunt in the fields and the experience would give him a splendid ascendancy over Inspector Burden when he walked into the station at nine-thirty . |
| 18 | would n't do him any harm , but it would n't half make him go ah , cos it 's dead minty |
| 19 | Playing the Tory game does not work in securing power , and would n't do us any good in the long term even if it did . |
| 20 | ‘ Another couple of hours , at least , and it would n't do you any harm to wait a bit . ’ |
| 21 | I would n't do it that way personally but then |
| 22 | A good feed would n't do it any 'arm , ’ the old man growled back . |
| 23 | Yes , it would n't take him many minutes to chop it down . |
| 24 | would n't take her five minutes , so she sat |
| 25 | no , no , no , I certainly would n't put it that way erm but certainly in times of war one of the jobs of the press , I think , is to erm keep and eye on the morale of the country and that sort of thing erm |
| 26 | I wish Peter would n't ask me difficult questions . |
| 27 | I hoped to heaven the pharmacist would n't ask me difficult questions like ‘ how many ? ’ or ‘ what size ? ’ . |
| 28 | That would n't surprise me one bit |
| 29 | and it would n't surprise me one bit , because it , as I say it 's bitterly cold here , while it 's dry at the moment , it 's bitterly cold |
| 30 | ‘ That depends how you mean ‘ thaw ’ , ’ she conceded coolly , ‘ Frankly I would n't trust him one inch . |