Example sentences of "he would not [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also tendered low for a host of tiny contracts — sidings , drains , realignments , even routine maintenance — things he would not normally bother with . |
| 2 | He would not even speak to her . |
| 3 | B's reply would be taken to mean that he would not completely agree with what A said , and A would probably expect B to go on to explain why he was reluctant to agree . |
| 4 | The fall-rise in B's reply again indicates that he would not completely agree with A. Fall-rise in such contexts almost always indicates both something ‘ given ’ or ‘ conceded ’ and at the same time some ‘ reservation ’ or ‘ hesitation ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ For years he would n't even talk to me . |
| 6 | Oh he would n't even go out with Sherry yet , and like he would n't even talk to her yet and like she 's in the fucking same school er er |
| 7 | ‘ But he would n't even stay with George Borwick . |
| 8 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 9 | ‘ My man , he would n't even look at that . ’ |
| 10 | Everything was wrong with him — he would n't always come to meetings and when he did he was ‘ difficult ’ . |