Example sentences of "that [pers pn] would [not/n't] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I was determined that I would not communicate this nervousness to my sons , and so I did my best not to react should we come across a dog in the street .
2 I was quite sure at the time that I would n't want any more children .
3 I rushed to see a physiotherapist , John Harris , and he made up a little pad around it with a hole in the middle so that I would n't put any pressure on it .
4 The next witness was the Duchess 's cook , who spoke very angrily and said that she would not give any evidence .
5 But it would mean abandoning Sycorax , and Kit Everard conjectured , rightly , that she would not do that .
6 About to tell him hotly that she would not accept any legacy , Jenna was interrupted sharply , the words dying on her lips as he stood and began to pace about restlessly , hands in his pockets .
7 She had promised her aunts that she would not pick any of the kind king 's flowers .
8 One of the babies ' mother even said that she would not have another child until my mum had a vacancy !
9 I thought companies were ensuring that you would n't take that on , that stress .
10 .. The main difference is that you would n't see any children through the day .
11 Indeed , if he were to accede to our request , we would probably become so alarmed by the manifestations of his power that you would n't see most of us for dust !
12 We 've always said that we would n't do that .
13 When we looked at the figures we proved that we would n't get any more business because of where people lived and when we tried to push them to Detroit over Amsterdam they would n't have it , people would prefer to drive to Gatwick .
14 We have a relatively high proportion of our student body that comes from overseas , and a year or so ago when the announcement was made that the fees of overseas students were going up , there was a cry that we would n't get any any more , they would all go to America or Russia or wherever .
15 Some people had expressed the view that this trip came too close to the Central Wales Line excursion and it seemed clear that we would not get enough people to justify the expense of a coach .
16 I really wish that they would n't do that though !
17 The main reason was that these horsemen were so jealous , in a way , and particular about their horses that they would n't put another piece of harness on belonging to another horse .
18 ‘ Well , I suppose now that you 've dragged it out of Edna , I shall have to say that I remember a man and my mother in a yellow frock looking unusually pretty and being angry that they would n't take any notice of me when I tried to get their attention .
19 As she was saying good-bye to him on the last day , she knew that they would n't see each other again for a long time .
20 The Mersey Region , where I work , have decided that they would n't accept that .
21 He was determined that they would not say that of his .
22 ‘ The FA have indicated that they would not have any objection to there being no relegation this season .
23 I kept hugging myself as I imagined over and over telling Marcus what I knew and reassuring him that it would n't make any difference to us .
24 And there lay the crux of her unease ; she could n't be absolutely sure that it would n't present some emotional problem .
25 Er but in the way that we assessed er all of these options and which again is fairly normal for you know , major relief road bypasses , er it was indicating er that it would n't provide any relief to the A sixty one .
26 Hermann Yameogo , leader of the Alliance for Democracy and Federation , said that it would not confirm any presidential candidates until a national conference was held .
27 It has it in writing from the LTA that it would not favour any tender from Tretorn for its Category A tournaments .
28 It made clear that elections to a constitution-drafting constituent assembly should be held in mid-1993 or by the end of the year at the latest , and that it would not tolerate any party which lost this election " paralysing " the elected government .
29 While the rump Collective State Presidency had said the previous day that it would not accept any decision reached by the peace conference , of the six republics attending the conference , Serbia was the only one to reject the proposals ; even Montenegro accepted , provoking internal political disputes in that republic .
30 One line shows what has happened to personal wealth divided by personal income : if wealth merely rose in line with incomes ( which would be represented by a flat wealth line on the graph ) , the theory would suggest that it would not have any independent influence on savings .
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