Example sentences of "would n't [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would n't pay a man on that . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Penry , ’ she said , frowning , ‘ are you saying you — well , that you would n't want a relationship with me if I were frigid , like Melanie ? ’ |
| 3 | " God would n't want a promise like that . |
| 4 | I would n't want a top of the range B M W. |
| 5 | So she said and I felt very proud of my son , ah I said I would n't want a son of mine who said that to his father ! |
| 6 | They 're aware that you would n't want a bunch of dickheads like them moving in next door , as ‘ Neighbor ’ makes clear . |
| 7 | We would n't want a load of medical students to come into the room for a good look , for example . |
| 8 | And also , you would n't want a piece of bro , broccoli ! |
| 9 | but you would n't want a photograph of your garden a and a |
| 10 | ‘ I would n't want a flagellant on my flank in combat . ’ |
| 11 | Once he had Garry back with Berenice he would n't give a thought to the Adams twins and she would forget him and the time she had spent hunting Garry and her sister through the Northumberland countryside . |
| 12 | ‘ To tell you the truth , Liz , I would n't give a lot for their chances of rearing him , ’ he said sadly . |
| 13 | He wanted help but he would n't give an inch about anything . |
| 14 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
| 15 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 16 | He fetched his sleeping bag from the cornbin , where he kept it so the mice would n't make a nest in it , and curled up to go to sleep . |
| 17 | I surmised that these were George 's drinking companions , men who would n't make a habit of going to funerals , but there out of friendship , respect for the dead . |
| 18 | Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better . |
| 19 | ‘ The thing is , there 's so little time in between tournaments and already I spend so little time in Bruhl and in Boca Raton , and it would n't make a lot of sense . |
| 20 | So it 'd be perhaps a little bit bigger than this big one cos the small one would n't make a lot of difference so perhaps it would be that , that big , or something . |
| 21 | The police would go through the motions , but they would n't make a meal of it . |
| 22 | The first row the husband stabbed the wife and she would n't make a complaint about it . |
| 23 | One would n't expect a clergyman to be interested in young girls of eighteen . ’ |
| 24 | You would n't think a fall from a car would kill him . |
| 25 | You would n't think a man like Doctor Rice would love flowers , now would you ? |
| 26 | ‘ A poor cripple like me would n't stand a chance against a big lump like you — especially when you got the boss 's daughter on your side … |
| 27 | ‘ You would n't stand a cat in hell 's chance , ’ said Lydia . |
| 28 | Against assorted sporting Peugeots , Volkswagens and Rovers , some of which cost less than the S depending on specification , Ford 's newcomer would n't stand a ghost of a chance and you do n't need a back-to-back group test to confirm it . |
| 29 | I would n't change a thing on this guitar ; the nut height and the overall action is fine and , most surprising of all , this is a factory setup , straight off the boat and out of the box . |
| 30 | would n't do a lot of work , but the work he does yeah , I just want certain amount of money a day say ten per cent of , yes |