Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [pron] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes he would not leave his room for days on end . |
| 2 | Zander have no problems sorting out live baits in coloured water in which I would not fancy my chances for pike using that method . |
| 3 | What woman , in fact , however firm her beliefs , would not sacrifice her religion for her children ? |
| 4 | Main 's removal at the instigation of Cunningham 's enemies , and the appointment shortly thereafter of Cunnan to act in his place , had , as Provost Cunningham remarked , made ‘ a very great noise ’ , and by providing this evidence of their influence , the Haldane party could argue plausibly that all of the partisans of the Cunningham faction then in office would not retain their places for much longer . |
| 5 | Tiebout 's analysis was framed as a direct response to Samuelson 's ( 1954 ) conclusion that individuals would not reveal their preferences for public goods . |
| 6 | DEMOS advocated a new Yugoslav confederation in which Slovenia would enjoy virtually full sovereignty and economic independence , but did not rule out holding a referendum on secession if the Yugoslav federal authorities would not accept its plans for a new Slovene constitution , a separate currency , and withdrawal of all Slovene conscripts from the Yugoslav People 's Army . |
| 7 | Parents would not see their children for most of the day , and when they finished their daily work they would be too tired for much except rest . |
| 8 | A Jacobite agent writing towards the end of Queen Anne 's reign thought that there were people in England who " wish the King [ i.e. " James III " ] well , who would not hazard their estates for him " . |
| 9 | If she were rich , that would n't stop her caring for children , but she could charge only a nominal fee to the mothers who badly needed to work . |
| 10 | So I would n't hold your breath for them to move . |
| 11 | Irrespective of their aims , adult students have a number of things in common , they like the college atmosphere , welcome the encouragement which they receive from tutors , enjoy meeting other students and would n't miss their class for the world ! |
| 12 | Les Conn : ‘ So anyway ’ , I said to David , ‘ I think you 'll have to have your hair cut , otherwise you wo n't get this programme on television ’ , to which he replied that he would n't cut his hair for the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 14 | Mind you , I would n't risk my life for a shot in the way he did . |
| 15 | Mind you , I would n't risk my life for a shot in the way he did . |
| 16 | The king would n't allow them time for a full consultation . |