Example sentences of "would not [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Alan Dysart , the outspoken junior Defence minister , yesterday insisted that attempts on his life would not deter him from denouncing those seeking to overthrow democracy in Northern Ireland … . |
| 32 | ‘ I would not show it to my grandchildren , ’ said the 63-year-old actor . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | And since they certainly would not pay her for the work she had already done on the trousseau , where else could she go ? |
| 35 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 36 | But Kit Everard would not exchange him against either of the women , and indeed , showed little interest in recovering him . |
| 37 | She hoped that Constance would not embarrass her by telling Mick that she wished to be a kennel-maid : she 'd changed her mind anyway . |
| 38 | Woolridge swore that he would not visit her at Windsor again , unfortunately an oath that he failed to keep . |
| 39 | But I knew that the monster would not visit us until our wedding night . |
| 40 | She had aged in four years , lost whatever attraction she had ever had , and it made her miserable to realise this son would not remember her without grey hair . |
| 41 | They were quite convinced that if Jeopardy had not been quite so stunning to look at , most people would not like him at all because he was arrogant and cold . |
| 42 | I would not like it to be said that I had had my mother put away . ’ |
| 43 | John Coffin , she felt sure , would not ; he might think the same things , but would not say them in that way . |
| 44 | Thinking they frequented the Creek I would not allow them to be shot but they bent down my grain and destroyed acres of it , and simultaneously disappeared some months after harvest — Where did they come from where do they go ? pray let me hear from you and believe me |
| 45 | Once they got there , however , they found the police would not allow them onto the tarmac with the welcoming VIPs and it looked at one point as though they were not going to get any pictures . |
| 46 | The build-up of frustration he had felt since he lost the part would not allow him to be silent . |
| 47 | It would not allow it to be enforced against the promisor ; and if property had been transferred , the recipient was treated as holding it for the benefit of the person who had parted with it , and as bound to restore it . |
| 48 | When the archbishop heard this he pretended that the king would not allow it to be done ; the pope , fired with the zeal of justice , ordered the archbishop in virtue of the obedience owed to him , not to delay longer in carrying this out or he would find himself suspended from his priestly office and his suffragans released from obedience to him . |
| 49 | Gabrielle attended the opening night , the play toured the country — although the citizens of Eastbourne did not have the pleasure of it because the local council would not allow it to be staged unless the title was changed — and the West End beckoned . |
| 50 | It was not seen , either , and a story was founded that Ayling would not allow it in the house . |
| 51 | Imogen refused to go with him and would not allow you to either . ’ |
| 52 | If you like swinging in the dark — the club would not allow you to be consistent . |
| 53 | At this point in Louis 's reign Nithard comments : " the emperor could now feel confident that the aristocracy would not desert him for the rest of his life " . |
| 54 | Byron would not have me in the larger house , claiming that the dogs would never tolerate my presence without howling all night . |
| 55 | Sir John Menzies had a recurrent dream , especially on the nights when his young wife would not have him in the bed beside her , or he had been drinking late , and he slept in the side bedroom , which was tall and narrow with two pistols perched on nails in the wall . |
| 56 | Gravity is the weakest of the four forces by a long way ; it is so weak that we would not notice it at all were it not for two special properties that it has : it can act over large distances , and it is always attractive . |
| 57 | I should not wish the young King to know about it or see , for he would not find it to his liking ; but I fear , so white is the stone , that he can not fail to see it from Mathefelon . |
| 58 | The examiner is not looking for technical perfection and certainly would not find it in many candidates ' answers to this question . |
| 59 | To his grief , Donny 's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again . |
| 60 | His computer ranking would not get him into a 42-man field . |