Example sentences of "would not even [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is said to have derogated the picture as ‘ just juggling about ’ and ‘ copying others ’ , and that the picture would not even serve as a good poster . |
| 2 | Some of honest and good heart would not even speak to a Christian as late as the mid-third century , by which date the Christian story and way of life had become well known , because they suspected them of enormities . |
| 3 | He would not even speak to her . |
| 4 | We would not even pass for distant cousins let alone members of the same nuclear family unit . |
| 5 | But the argument would not even stop at that point . |
| 6 | Traders who might have started a line in meal for the populace would not even think of it , knowing that the government was always ready to step in and depress the price . |
| 7 | We do have and will maintain the links and influence within the Labour Party , or it would not even survive without us . |
| 8 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |
| 9 | It is the resulting harm ( death ) which still dominates , as is evident from the fact that many forms of conduct fall within the law of manslaughter if death happens to result , whereas they would not even amount to a serious offence if a consequence less than death had ensued . |
| 10 | They work incredibly long hours with no day of rest for a monthly income which in the United States would not even amount to a basic daily wage . |
| 11 | Matthews feels that X-rays could do the job more cheaply and safely — the shells would not even need to be opened up . |
| 12 | It would not even occur to most businessmen that the criteria the Revenue employs can be more favourable than those the DSS uses . |
| 13 | ‘ For years he would n't even talk to me . |
| 14 | Oh he would n't even go out with Sherry yet , and like he would n't even talk to her yet and like she 's in the fucking same school er er |
| 15 | He did his best but Bumface would n't even speak to me . |
| 16 | Then they signed to Virgin and the Mighty Lemon Drops syndrome struck with a vengeance , ensuring that , up until ‘ Every Beat Of The Heart ’ meandered chartwards , policemen would n't even speak to The Railway Children let alone arrest them . |
| 17 | ‘ She would n't even speak to her when I first rang your home . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ But he would n't even stay with George Borwick . |
| 19 | Why , only a couple of weeks ago you were saying you hoped they would n't even meet at the Family Day ; now you 're suggesting that she actually goes and stays where he works . |
| 20 | In most cases when a game is acquired illegally , they would n't even think about buying the game if copying was impossible . |
| 21 | And it 's proven my point , our Dawn would n't even think about there . |
| 22 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 23 | I think if I went back to Africa I would n't even think of stealing . |
| 24 | I would n't I would n't even think of asking . |
| 25 | We got we 've got I could have twenty five sales execs sitting er in the Newca Tyne and Wear area put it that way on on across those products and they would n't even bump into each other . |
| 26 | I would n't even go to limbo , Bernard , because I know about Him and have n't converted : I 'll have to go to hell . |
| 27 | It 's the sort of picture which people who are not interested in photography would n't even bother with , probably , but see what they 're missing ? |
| 28 | Oh , I would n't even bother with the headline , quite honestly . |
| 29 | Cotte ( pp. 71 – 2 ) distinguishes two main senses of let , the first of which is described as " the non-intervention of an agent in an action which has been initiated independently of him/her and has been going on already for a certain time " , and can be illustrated by : ( 214 ) He would n't even dance with her at Gavin 's party . |
| 30 | That would n't even pay for my clothes … . ’ |