Example sentences of "would not [verb] [to-vb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The southern entrance to the Bay was protected by a fearsome group of rocks , Les Cardinals , to port and a treacherous shoal , Le Four , to starboard and , with the weather worsening , Admiral Conflans was confident Hawke would not dare to pursue him through this hazardous gap without the benefit of local pilots , but he had underrated both his adversary 's daring and his seamanship . |
2 | If the police were sufficiently confident of their case against Sykes , surely they would not hesitate to take him into custody ? |
3 | The judge was told that the father had given undertakings ( which the judge recited in the course of his judgment ) that , if the court ordered the child to be returned to Canada , he would not attempt to remove him from the care of the mother without an order of the Canadian court ; that he would not support or initiate any contempt of court or criminal proceedings arising from the mother 's removal of the child , and would co-operate in having an early hearing of the proceedings in Ontario . |
4 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to be on his way , I would not wish to delay him for a moment . |
5 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
6 | He would love his mum and me to get together , and I ca n't pretend I would n't want to have him as my son . |
7 | Naturally I would n't want to get him in any trouble . ’ |
8 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |