Example sentences of "[conj] would [not/n't] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Everyone knew in the business at the time , ’ she continued remorselessly , ‘ but you had such a problem with your ego you could n't or would n't accept it ! |
| 2 | I tapped on the armour-plated glass but he could n't or would n't hear me , so I pressed the button marked ‘ Reception ’ and the old buffer jumped vertically like a Harrier with wind . |
| 3 | Er I 'm glad you raised the point about the distribution between the districts , and apart from your comment er I know Mr Davis is opposed to the idea , I have n't discerned a view either way from anyone else , whether they would like them or would not like them . |
| 4 | There may be practical difficulties in enforcing such a law but that would not make it invalid . |
| 5 | In his hooded hand he felt a terrible clutching cramp that would not allow him to move his fingers . |
| 6 | He 's table he goes and there 's a dick head in glasses that would n't serve you at the tuck shop cos it was closing . |
| 7 | Well he would n't do that , a , that 's council that would n't do it ! |
| 8 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |
| 9 | She would have to go carefully , ask her questions in a way that would n't make him suspicious , maybe change the subject for now . |
| 10 | So I tried for a calming course , feeling thankful to this man for his dogged clasp on difficulties that would n't cause me any recall of my dead love in a million years , and I pursued the wisp of a path suggested by the word ‘ nanny . ’ |
| 11 | That last taut exchange with Roman seemed to have whipped up some invisible energy that would n't let her relax , prickling through her like an electric storm . |
| 12 | The soldiers came and tried to get my camera but I was fighting back and would n't give it to them . |
| 13 | What work should be done within a year of moving in — jobs that can wait a while and would n't inconvenience you too much if they were done around you . |
| 14 | But Lydia was drinking great mouthfuls of beer and would n't tell her . |
| 15 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 16 | Playing the Tory game does not work in securing power , and would n't do us any good in the long term even if it did . |
| 17 | My life has changed and I live around the horses and would n't change it for the world now . |
| 18 | They clammed up after a bit and would n't show me everything , but he thinks I put it all in the water hoping Harry would get tangled in it . ’ |
| 19 | He 'd notice and would n't mention it because mentioning would bring everything into the open again . |
| 20 | Margaret Telford ( Mrs Woolley ) regretted not having returned after the war to complete Greats , but has ‘ had a thoroughly happy life and would n't want it altered ’ . |
| 21 | I wanted to be sure that I was doing the right thing and would n't regret it . |
| 22 | We needed the support of DJs and radio stations , but they saw someone doing something different and would n't accept it . |
| 23 | that choked the air and would n't let him eat |
| 24 | But rather than have Mercedes back in the factory , the company preferred to pay her wages through the Ministry of Labour and would n't let her return to work or even come near the factory . |
| 25 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
| 26 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 27 | He wanted to make sure he knew who 'd been the problem and would n't let me off the hook . |
| 28 | So if I wrote a letter and would n't let you see it , how would you feel ? |
| 29 | The other snag , ironically , arises from the very success of the smallpox vaccination campaign — because , as a result , most of the population of the Third World is already immune to vaccinia and would n't allow it to flourish long enough to produce the hepatitis antigen . |
| 30 | If Maud and Enid thought she was mad and would n't help her , then no one would and the only course of action was to go ahead with the kidnapping plan . |