Example sentences of "would not [verb] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.

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1 Once again , we would not expect the perception to be a problem .
2 Even if a failure to implement the reorganisation would not bring the business to a standstill , dismissal for a failure to conform with it might be fair if there was ‘ some sound , good business reason for the reorganisation ’ .
3 A week ago it was announced that the Government would not refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
4 The ship steered into Lochranza ; the inhabitants had heard of the boat with plague aboard and would not allow the body to be brought ashore .
5 She would not allow the manacle to be removed , and her word had to be obeyed .
6 Labour leaders were delighted with Major 's accession , because they suspected he would not have the nerve to ‘ cut and run ’ early .
7 The applicant sought judicial review of the decison of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on 26 June 1991 , in the course of criminal proceedings against the applicant , to seek to enforce his compliance with the requirement contained in a notice issued pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to attend at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information in respect of her investigation of the applicant alone , afer she had caused him to be interviewed under caution on three occasions and thereafter charged him with an offence , at a time when and in circumstances whereby ( a ) the applicant 's application for legal aid had not yet been granted and he had neither legal advice nor legal representation available to him ; ( b ) the Director had stated that she would not cause the applicant to be further cautioned in compliance with Code C , paragraph 16.5 of the current Codes of Practice issued pursuant to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 .
8 Fleischmann and Pons ' ideas had been anticipated though for all the wrong reasons , primarily a misguided attempt to make helium to fill airships , and all this because the USA would not sell the gas to postwar Germany .
9 Er we would n't want the plan to be inhibited in that way .
10 ‘ When she would n't open the door to him , he broke the window panes …
11 I once went to the Ajami police station to ask for protection but the British constable would n't open the door to me . ’
12 And I certainly would n't mention the matter to Orange .
13 It used to be a tremendous transition from 1 April when you realised you would n't have the garden to yourself until quite suddenly at the end of October when everybody goes .
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