Example sentences of "would not [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would not go down for the fireworks . |
| 2 | When Henry V died in Normandy in 1422 mos teutonicus was employed , as it was thought that conventional embalming would not hold out for the journey back to England . |
| 3 | Prominent advocates of ratification included EC Commission President Jacques Delors ( who declared on Aug. 28 that he " would not stay on for another mandate if the " no " vote won " ) and also both the RPR leader Jacques Chirac and the UDF leader Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , although many RPR and UDF members were opposed to ratification . |
| 4 | All his life he had sought her pardon for the failure which she either could not or would not spell out for him . |
| 5 | There were moments when Henry thought she would not turn up for the funeral , so magnificent was she about the whole thing , but as the date approached he noticed she was wearing more and more black jewellery , black scarves , capes , cloaks and jerseys , stockings , blouses and hats . |
| 6 | The boy 's father , Gavin Lodge , said : If I could get hold of these idiots they would n't sit down for a week . ’ |
| 7 | It would n't go on for ever . |
| 8 | Eventually , after about a week , her little head would pop up over the hill and watch me put out her food as I whistled , but she would n't come down for it until she felt the coast was clear . |
| 9 | Diane locked herself in her bedroom and would n't come down for a day because she was afraid of her father 's anger . |
| 10 | They really did pick on her and the only reason was that she would n't stick up for herself . |
| 11 | I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 13 | And I suspect that if we offered them counselling from cater good catering advice on how to maximise their market return they 'll do it because I would n't hang about for a meal if I knew that they would n't give you a meal in fifteen minutes , I 'd go and eat somewhere else . |