Example sentences of "he would not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'd go to all these really swinging parties with all these naked birds all over the place , all covered in drugs , and then this geezer in an acrylic suit would walk in. ‘ 'E would n't talk to anyone . |
| 3 | United chief executive Martin Edwards assured me last week — after the first enquiry for Hirst — that he would not talk to Wednesday again . |
| 4 | Even though it must have been obvious that he would not hold to it at the last , the threat was enough to make Stormy Petrel veer again to her original course , and though she was trying to increase speed , and was perhaps a little more powerful than Sea Otter , we , on our straight line , could hold her comfortably . |
| 5 | He determined beforehand that he would not mention to Fisher his longing for time to read books . |
| 6 | He would not speak to Claudia ; in despair she sent a message to Tom Fairfax in Nairobi . |
| 7 | There was the sound of a busy office and she suddenly thought he would not speak to her . |
| 8 | He might endure to be forsworn and dishonoured , but he would not endure to be defeated . |
| 9 | He made the point that had the position been reversed he would not expect to be pestered after giving a straight answer . |
| 10 | By Prophete 's own analysis , this was because he would not stoop to intriguing for one on his own account . |
| 11 | The Divisional Court , in holding that the magistrate erred in committing the applicant , also referred to the fact that Price had stated before the magistrate that he would not return to Sweden to give evidence at the trial of the applicant if he was extradited to Sweden . |
| 12 | He had become a political exile in France in October 1990 , and had made public statements to the effect that he would not return to Albania until democracy had been restored there [ see p. 37792 ] . |
| 13 | His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’ |
| 14 | He had neither the patience nor method to understand properly how they worked and he would not bow to any instruction other than his own perusal of certain manuals and textbooks . |
| 15 | His RCM contact tactfully pointed out that , unless he started to buy his own clothes out of his savings , he would not learn to be self-reliant . |
| 16 | He would not come to me in Paris ; so I went to him . |
| 17 | He did not hear Lissa calling to him across the haze that separated them , and he would not come to her . |
| 18 | He would not listen to her instructions and caused a lot of damage by climbing on furniture and shelves , banging things with his toys , knocking down displays in shops , and so on . |
| 19 | But if Maisie 's son would not listen to her , he would not listen to David either . |
| 20 | On 6 October the Scottish Sunday Mail revealed in an excellent piece of investigative journalism that , in a draft letter to the Secretary of State for Energy , the Secretary of State for Scotland had made it clear that he would not object to fuel from an Iraqi nuclear reactor , damaged during the Gulf war , being sent to Dounreay for reprocessing . |
| 21 | President Rafsanjani of Iran announces that he would not object to foreign troops forcing Iraq out of Kuwait . |
| 22 | I believed he would not agree to a truce . |
| 23 | Taylor had consistently made it known that he would not agree to a ceasefire until Doe had resigned and left the country . |
| 24 | On March 14 President Félix Houphouët-Boigny warned that he would not yield to pressure to release Gbagbo and the other opposition figures . |
| 25 | When confronted on the issue by reporters Bush angrily refused " to take any sleazy questions like that " and stated that he would not respond to it " other than to say it is a lie " . |
| 26 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |
| 27 | But all day he would n't talk to me , and I must admit , I did get quite a few looks and remarks from boys there . |
| 28 | He would n't talk to her now . |
| 29 | He would n't talk to me . |
| 30 | He would n't go to Wyvis Hall now if Adam invited him , if he went down on his bended knees . |