Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Her endless list of extras include a helipad on the boatdeck and several other features that one would not expect on a boat of her size .
2 Adrian Mole says and does things we would not expect from an adolescent .
3 An IR system based on ASKs would not depend on a user 's query formulation but would attempt to describe the ASK and thus " construct " an image of user needs .
4 It would not do for it to take place in Moran 's house and Moran would not go to a hotel .
5 Several stated that this was why they would not go to a GP or a Detoxification Unit , even as an out-patient .
6 it would go up as part of the service charge , the management charge would not change as a result
7 Many clients may consider that a replica of the statutory audited accounts is not appropriate and seek to present data which they consider reflects the underlying results of the business adjusted for any ‘ non-recurring ’ items , eg one-off items or items which would not continue with a change of ownership .
8 In the Soviet Union the party and government bureaucracies issued a mass of rules and regulations — so many , in fact , that sometimes ways had to be found to circumvent them so that the system would not grind to a halt .
9 Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft .
10 Oct. 1 had been the date set for signature of the accord , the main points of which had been agreed on Aug. 7 [ see p. 39039 ] , but on Sept. 29 Dhlakama announced that he would not sign as a number of issues remained to be resolved to his satisfaction .
11 But I wanted very much to make a harder , stronger pot — a pot that would not break in a fire .
12 McDaid denied any links with the IRA and withdrew after it became clear that the junior partner in the government , the Progressive Democrats ( PDs ) , would not vote for a reshuffle including him .
13 Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election .
14 Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election .
15 Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election .
16 Sonia Gandhi , the widow of the assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi , confirmed on Oct. 12 that she would not stand as a candidate in a by-election scheduled for Nov. 16 in her late husband 's Amethi constituency in the state of Uttar Pradesh .
17 Warm scents rose from a honeysuckle hedge at Monboddo , the much-changed home of a man who , according to Sir Walter Scott , went out at night with a candle to inspect his turnips growing in the fields ; who , hating to sit behind a horse 's backside , would not travel in a carriage and therefore — he was in his eighties — rode to London on horseback ; who took a cold bath every day and damaged his children 's health by insisting they did the same ; and who , when in residence at Edinburgh , gave dinner parties at which his wine-flagons were wreathed in garlands of roses .
18 The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions .
19 It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition .
20 Benavides and Mendoza , who had been tried and convicted in September [ see p. 38414 ] , would not benefit from an amnesty law adopted on Jan. 24 , which was applicable only to groups of over 19 people .
21 Lord Donaldson said afterwards that his proposal would not lead to a downgrading of justice .
22 It could , for example , consist of a complaint that a rating list had been prepared on an unfair basis in the sense that another ratepayer 's property had been undervalued , even if a revaluation would not lead to a reduction in the complainant 's rate bill .
23 Another concession won by the NFU was clarification that inadvertent damage to a sett would not lead to a prosecution .
24 However , those bases which were changed would not start with a frequency in the population of one in four , as assumed above , but with a low frequency generated by mutation .
25 If you were going to invent a brand new religion you would not start with a cross .
26 True , politicians are by nature optimists , otherwise they would not persist in a trade that offers more kicks than ha'pence .
27 Mr Heslop added that a court would not intervene in a management decision to dismiss a chief executive when allegations of bad faith were being made by him against the chairman and other board members .
28 Who would not disappear like a wraith the moment she turned her back .
29 The fact that no contribution was made to the pension fund during the 31 weeks by the plaintiff would not result in a diminution of his pension .
30 You state that ‘ without a gun , the row in the bedroom would not end with a corpse . ’
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