Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’ |
| 2 | Another , compiled in June , stated that no one believed any longer in an early end to the war in Russia , and that soldiers on leave had said they would not go through a second winter there . |
| 3 | Reactionary trade union officials who had steadfastly declared that they would not stand on a public platform with revolutionary workers , found themselves caught up in the stream and carried forward to participation in great united front unemployed demonstrations . |
| 4 | With Aquino adamant that she would not stand for a second term , the jostling for position amongst those ambitious to succeed her intensified in late 1990 and early 1991 . |
| 5 | Waldheim , who had been barred from entering the USA [ see p. 35528 ] and shunned by European governments , had announced in June 1991 that he would not stand for a second term [ see p. 38298 ] . |
| 6 | One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time . |
| 7 | According to the hon. Lady 's argument , Scotland would not benefit from a nationalist solution to the problems of nuclear waste disposal . |
| 8 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover said , the answer does not lie in a permanent military force in Yugoslavia , because that would not lead to a political resolution of the problem — as is the case in Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either . |
| 10 | The Authority recognized that classroom practice would not improve without a considerable investment in INSET and in professional support at both LEA and school level . |
| 11 | The red was sharp and thin but drinkable , though one would not care for a second glass . |
| 12 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
| 13 | Therefore , Jaq would not call in a Marine unit to assist him . |
| 14 | In terms of computer technology trade libel would occur if someone falsely claimed that a particular software dealer was trading in pirated software or was in financial difficulties or if a software house 's products were defective or would not operate on a particular make of computer . |
| 15 | The infinite singularity in the response would not occur in a practical circuit because of inevitable resistive loss . |
| 16 | It undertook to pass a law by Dec. 31 ensuring that Ukrainian conscripts served only on Ukrainian soil ; called for formation of a parliamentary commission to discuss nationalizing Communist Party assets ; asserted that the Ukraine would not enter into a new union treaty before a new constitution creating a sovereign Ukraine was drafted ; and called a referendum in 1991 " on confidence in the Ukrainian President " , the result of which would determine whether to hold fresh elections by the end of the year . |
| 17 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 18 | But it would not count as a non-branching hierarchy ; branching can be regarded as a canonical feature of a taxonomic hierarchy . |
| 19 | Abu was absent , and would not reappear for a further thirty-six hours , so we had time to watch the painful disintegration of the space-arc village and the departure of lines of subdued barefoot guests , laden with meat and buffalo horns . |
| 20 | PEACE envoy Lord Owen warned last night that Bosnia-Herzegovina would not survive as a single state if Moslems and Croats continued fighting . |
| 21 | If she is sure that she would not qualify for a supplementary pension and wishes to apply for a rent rebate or allowance , an application form , and the information leaflet There 's Money off your Rent , can be obtained from the local authority Housing Department . |
| 22 | The Germans would not fight without a clear advantage . |
| 23 | The rhetorical theorist would not dissent from a single word , but would feel impelled to add a further remark . |
| 24 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 25 | What she would n't give for a nice warm lap to rest her head in . |
| 26 | Was it her fault if her brain would n't function at a normal level ? |
| 27 | but someone he could trust , someone who understood the language , someone who would afterwards be gone , who would n't remain as a perpetual reminder of his uncertainties , a fellow professional to whom he could comfortably think aloud . |
| 28 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 29 | ‘ You would n't care for a wafer-thin mint ? ’ the barman enquired . |
| 30 | I certainly would n't go into a new business and make instant decisions about who has got to go . |