Example sentences of "would not [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She 'd not think of that …
2 I know I 'd not care to , though I would n't let Mr Evans hear me say it .
3 He liked proper meals , he lived on liver or chops , his bait would come out of the family allowance and I 'd not eat during the day , then eat the same as him at night . "
4 Me , I 'd not stand for it . "
5 And she 'd not deal with them in contemptible , contemptuous secret — Lachlan would never take her back then …
6 Sure Bangor 'd be crowded Easter Tuesday , you 'd not get in the
7 I 'm sure we would not quarrel about payment . ’
8 Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’
9 I have a friend who may be able to provide accommodation , someone they would not associate with you . ’
10 He said all members of the Defence Forces signed an oath when they joined pledging that they would not associate with illegal organisations and this new vetting measure was an insult to those who risked their lives in the fight against terrorism .
11 Who would not shout across the bulks of the hills
12 But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading .
13 He made the point that had the position been reversed he would not expect to be pestered after giving a straight answer .
14 Obviously there has to be ‘ give and take ’ on both sides ; for example , I would not expect to be guaranteed a space for the cycle if I turned up without a reservation .
15 Her endless list of extras include a helipad on the boatdeck and several other features that one would not expect on a boat of her size .
16 Mr McMillan said : ‘ They have been guilty of what we would not expect from professional people in the late twentieth century .
17 Adrian Mole says and does things we would not expect from an adolescent .
18 Later came Tehran 's turn to have a tilt at Baghdad , this time using the radio in a commentary on the debate within OPEC in embattled 1986 : ‘ In addition the Baathist traitors in Iraq demanded a larger oil-exporting quota through Saudi pipelines … [ and ] … openly announced that they would not adhere to OPEC resolutions . ’
19 Austin Currie condemned the police action in blocking their route , and said that NICRA would be organising more parades , which would not stop at Thomas Street : ‘ O'Neill and those Orange bigots behind him [ will ] realise once and for all that we are on our way forward .
20 As commander-in-chief — he would not co-operate with Spanish generals on any other terms — Wellington was loth to regard native troops as an instrument that could be used with safety in battle .
21 Protests were also heard from the leaderships in the Baltic republics , Georgia and Armenia , all of them making it clear that they would not co-operate with the army in organizing joint patrols , while the Moldavian Supreme Soviet on Jan. 31 passed a resolution saying that the presidential decree had no legal force on its territory .
22 United chief executive Martin Edwards assured me last week — after the first enquiry for Hirst — that he would not talk to Wednesday again .
23 He found Carrie seated by the bedside , but was distressed to find that Anna would not talk to him .
24 The caller would not talk to her .
25 The union immediately attempted to get talks going with the company , even resorting to ACAS , but Tylers would not talk to no one .
26 Jasper but he simply would not talk about Jasper .
27 He would not talk about it , and you knew not to ask more , but you realised that it must have been the time in his life when he most resembled himself .
28 Then they would not talk about divisions
29 — senses can not always be derived by affix-stripping , e.g. ’ conductivity ’ derives from ’ conduct ’ , but corresponds only to the electrical sense ( one would not talk of the ’ conductivity ’ of an orchestra ) ;
30 I would not inflict on her either this knowledge , or this eventual indignity .
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