Example sentences of "[noun pl] would n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to raise her hands , tried to surrender , but she could n't move , words would n't shake loose of her mouth . |
| 2 | I would n't describe anything that was not what I had gone through and understood myself — in my experience or out of my imagination and other people 's words would n't do . |
| 3 | The words would n't reach his lips . |
| 4 | Them 's Germans , Dot wanted to say but the words would n't come out . |
| 5 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 6 | ’ Yet I was paralysed with fear and the words would n't come out . |
| 7 | She wanted to pray , but she was so exhausted , the words would n't come out right . |
| 8 | She tried to speak to him , but the words would n't come . |
| 9 | But the words would n't come . |
| 10 | Startled by the swiftness with which he had released her , Polly moistened lips that felt swollen , but the words would n't come . |
| 11 | But although she opened her mouth to make it quite clear to her infuriating parent that she was not , never would be , and never wanted to even think about being in love with Luke Hunter , somehow the words would n't come . |
| 12 | But the words would n't come . |
| 13 | Belinda wanted to tell him not to worry about waiting for her if he wanted to return to Labour and Delivery , but somehow the words would n't come . |
| 14 | Soccer fans would n't mind if the job was given to a hermaphrodite , provided it had a place in the Cabinet , an important voice in decision-taking and an avowed policy to improve sport in Britain , not just soccer but across the board . |
| 15 | I went and stood in the sitting room doorway , but I could n't get any further — my legs would n't move . |
| 16 | She wanted to run but her legs would n't move . |
| 17 | ‘ I was thinking about coming on for the last five minutes when we were 2-0 down , to get a bit of glory , but the legs would n't let me , ’ he joked . |
| 18 | He still held her , and , although she wanted to step back from his light , casual embrace in order to regain strength in her limbs , her legs would n't obey her brain 's command to move . |
| 19 | The teachers ' union NASUWT said : ‘ Some schools would n't stay open if they had to meet safety standards in other industries . ’ |
| 20 | Since the postgraduate schools would n't have me , it had to be audio typing . |
| 21 | Most computers would n't win any design awards . |
| 22 | ‘ A few sweeteners would n't go amiss on your acid tongue , ’ she muttered . |
| 23 | ‘ At one stage when he was at United I was asked to go and help him seek a settlement after a specialist 's report said his knees would n't last another 12 months ! ’ |
| 24 | Deee-Lite seem a little offended when I ask whether they were n't worried whether the DJs would n't like their new songs . |
| 25 | BANNED : George Lazenby says insurers would n't let him do his own Bond stunts |
| 26 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |
| 27 | But anyway , the foreigners would n't have left much . |
| 28 | The gentlemen would n't like to have the likes of you going up the front stairs out of uniform . ’ |
| 29 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 30 | And even if someone from another age is standing on this spot , a ghostly paintbrush in her hand , her eyes would n't see what I see . |