Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [adv] than " in BNC.
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| 1 | At a Conservative party meeting on 28 August , Amery noted that Horne ‘ on the whole agrees with me that we have got into a considerable mess and that the great thing is to extricate our people as soon as possible , ’ while Hailsham in his speech ‘ supported entirely what had been done but trusted that it would not last longer than two months — whereat loud cheers ’ . |
| 2 | The Mayor , Ald. Cocker , known as ‘ The Father of Blackpool ’ , was not impressed and wagered John Bickerstaffe that the new tramway would not last more than two years ! |
| 3 | This contrasts with recent statements by Royal Navy officials that contamination would not spread more than two kilometres and that an accident would take " quite some time " to develop . |
| 4 | He said that he had his boss with him and that they would not wait longer than eight . |
| 5 | He was delighted to receive a good price for me , especially as he felt sure I would not live longer than a month . |
| 6 | I would n't print more than three hundred for a start . |