Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Nelson is probably right to say that the DUP had lost its role ‘ as the articulator of poor Protestants ’ social grievances ' by the end of the 1970s , this would not cost it votes until there was an alternative . |
| 2 | A freshly bought loaf , still warm from the oven , smells and tastes delicious — but we would not expect it to taste good a week later . |
| 3 | Then , all the weight in the world on the wing-tip would not stop it going over . |
| 4 | It is pointed out , for example , that if a government , having lost the confidence of the House , attempted to continue in power in breach of that convention , it would ultimately be forced to act illegally as Parliament would not grant it supply . |
| 5 | There was a drought at the time , and the crowd declared that " God would not suffer it to rain till Bulcamp Hell was pulled down " . |
| 6 | There was a core of cold rage within him , but he would not allow it to fill him yet ; he would wait till the end . |
| 7 | She would not allow it to open up and expose her directly to the moon , and to the distant but approaching dragon . |
| 8 | The taxi driver , a soberly spoken old man , was clearly worried and would not have it brushed aside . |
| 9 | But there are many people who would not find it fulfilling to be themselves at any cost and at the expense of another . |
| 10 | Stapleton would not let it go out unless he thought Sir Henry was there . ’ |
| 11 | But Johnny would not let it rest . |
| 12 | He portrayed himself as victim of imperialism , as a man who had suffered in the struggle against colonial rule , but who would not let it beat him . |
| 13 | She would not let it beat her . |
| 14 | For the beings who had created it and would not let it die . |
| 15 | So she I think she 's erm , she would n't want it done just a few days before anyway she 'd have |
| 16 | Because I care about him and last year he got terribly hurt and I would n't want it to happen again . |
| 17 | ‘ We would n't want it to go wrong , ’ said Garvin . |
| 18 | Yet ’ — her voice became serious — ‘ I would n't want it to end anywhere else but here ’ — she now looked about her — ‘ with the hills behind me and the river at me feet , so to speak . ’ |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ We would n't want it to get out . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ It would n't make it taste better if I owned it . ’ |
| 22 | I would n't expect it to compete for the funnel-web spider ‘ small but deadly ’ award in the same way that a Mesa Boogie .22 could , but look at the price difference and you 'll appreciate why . |
| 23 | We have returns so far from sixty five per cent of the schools and we expect to have the remaining schools before the end of the month , I would n't expect it to change from where we are at the moment but if there was a significant variation then I will be in a position to report back to the Policy Committee at the end of the month but I 'm , I 'm not expecting that need be the case . |
| 24 | ‘ You would n't think it to look at her , would you ? ’ |
| 25 | You would n't think it to look at him now , but my Thomas was just such a one . |
| 26 | I would n't think it 's been played in a cinema for years . |
| 27 | She was saying she would n't let it rest . |
| 28 | I was all for passing by on the other side of the road , but Buffy would n't let it drop . |
| 29 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 30 | Mamba would n't let it go . |