Example sentences of "would not [vb infin] at the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He would not arrive at the door .
2 I am interested to see that the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) would not balk at the prospect of having to sort out those knotty problems .
3 Dr Johnson would not look at the bones .
4 As is usual in such cases the myth seems to be somewhat remote from the historical facts but , for what it is worth , Wilberforce is supposed to have remarked that : " Whatever certain people might believe he would not look at the monkeys in the Zoological Gardens as connected with his ancestors ' , to which Huxley replied : " I would rather be descended from an ape than a bishop " , which has merits as repartee but is hardly a contribution to science .
5 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
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