Example sentences of "would not [verb] me [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the same token , he would not expect me to be found playing with his Gameboy . |
| 2 | ‘ I said the money would not change me as a person and it has n't , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Silas would not want me to be in a room where somebody such as yourself could have an ear pressed to the wall . |
| 4 | As a patient , I would like to think that the presence of a doctor 's name on the list would also offer me some sort of guarantee that he or she would not subject me to unnecessary or unjustifiably harmful treatment — whether that treatment be labelled alternative or mainstream , labels that serve only to confuse the issue . |
| 5 | She has always been kindness itself to me , but I have a feeling in my bones that she would not regard me as a wholly reliable supporter . |
| 6 | Byron would not have me in the larger house , claiming that the dogs would never tolerate my presence without howling all night . |
| 7 | He would not let me off the hook until I had confessed that I could no longer work with my boss . |
| 8 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 9 | Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received . |
| 10 | There was a loud noise and my leg would not support me for several weeks . |
| 11 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
| 12 | ‘ I have such confidence in Edgar 's love that I think I could kill him , and he would n't blame me for it . |
| 13 | He — he would n't leave me in meaningless dark forever . |
| 14 | ‘ You would n't want me to be vain . |
| 15 | I knew he would n't want me to be pushy and , hard though it was , I decided to wait until the end of the week and then invite him round for dinner . |
| 16 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 17 | I know total-total that if I had my own bike , the Wheels-and-brakes Boys would n't treat me like that . |
| 18 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 19 | ‘ I knew you 'd come back , that you would n't drop me like that , ’ breathes a husky male voice . |
| 20 | Times hard , thought of all days , thought the old lady still would n't let me of the old erm |
| 21 | He wanted to make sure he knew who 'd been the problem and would n't let me off the hook . |
| 22 | ‘ The big boys would n't let me into that , ’ Dwayne says . |
| 23 | Yeah , cos they would n't take me to bloody Amsterdam ! |
| 24 | ‘ You would n't catch me in there ! she declared , and the girls giggled . |
| 25 | A party they would n't invite me to ? |
| 26 | ‘ I wish you would n't ring me at home . |
| 27 | She turned to him and smiled coolly : " You would n't like me to size you up , would you ? " |
| 28 | I 'm a I I I 'm an er avid golfer , you I did n't say a golfer because that meant I could play , erm but I would n't put me on the golf clubs . |
| 29 | When I saw them again I dropped down on one knee , knowing that even though they were constantly looking back they would n't see me at that low level , in my nature-coloured clothes . |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't address me like that , madam . |