Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 After all , you 'd not expect the woman to use the name of one of her real lovers , would you ? ’
2 And then he would fold it very carefully and put it in an envelope and then slit the flap he 'd he 'd not seal the envelope .
3 He said he 'd hung a papier mâché tray in its place so she 'd not feel the absence of the picture .
4 ‘ I 'd not manage the ride with this leg . ’
5 Rory was just another one , he 'd not stand the comparison either , Parr was the real thing .
6 They 'd not know the difference .
7 It would not cost the Government money , would have the support of fishermen and would be extremely effective in terms of conservation .
8 It would not cost the Exchequer anything more the first year , because a 25 per cent .
9 Enoch Gebler would not open the door .
10 But among all these doubts it had not occurred to her that if she got as far as 42b Milvain Street , and rang the bell , Edward would not open the door .
11 Mr Kinnock and Mr Smith , shadow Chancellor , sought to reassure the financial and business community that they would not devalue the pound .
12 Just occasionally a lesser official might eschew them : Sir Edward Hoby , for instance , told Robert Cecil in 1599 that he would like an office in reversion , since this would give him something to do ; he would not exercise the post by deputy .
13 Uri Lubrani , co-ordinator of Israeli government activities in Lebanon , stressed in reply that Israel would not exercise the same restraint in south Lebanon that it was showing in the face of Iraqi missile attacks .
14 The director , Andrew Warren , admitted that even in that citadel of energy conservation he had come to the conclusion that the savings would not justify the cost .
15 It is possible but the improvement would not justify the cost .
16 Such value judgements must , however , be controlled and at the level of functions : this might lead to precise descriptions of particular skills appropriate to one or the other but would not justify the grandiose claims for ‘ logic ’ , ‘ objectivity ’ and ‘ culture-free neutrality ’ which we have been examining .
17 Mr Brooke said such attacks would not deflect the Government or the security forces from doing their duty ‘ in seeing off these evil men who want to destroy all that is best in our community ’ .
18 The government would not print the money to pay for inflationary wage deals .
19 part of the problem at Biddulph was that the hospital service was being reorganized , and the outgoing authority would not bind the hands of its successor by making a decision .
20 Of course there was nothing to guarantee that the soup you were canning would measure up to the quality or taste of Mother 's , nor that other soup canners would not make the same sales appeal .
21 The creation of such an inspectorate said Andrews Lees of FoE , would not make the proposed European Environment Agency redundant .
22 For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club .
23 Failure to bring about the defection would mean certain imprisonment , possibly death , for if he did not bring matters to a successful conclusion , Manville and his colleagues would not make the slightest attempt to help him .
24 She seemed worried that Prince Charles would not make the wedding in time .
25 Assuming proceeds of £1.5 billion , around 50% of the proceeds may go in prizes , as a smaller proportion would not make the lottery attractive enough .
26 It is a safe bet that the other parties in contention would not make the same mistake .
27 Sometimes , of course , the subject is either so technical , or complicated that a photograph of the laboratories or of a piece of machinery would not make the point and the use of drawings should be considered instead .
28 Lord Diplock said that even if the predominant motives were ‘ to bring down the fabric of the present economic system by raising wages to unrealistic levels ’ , that would not make the dispute any less one connected with the terms and conditions of employment and therefore a trade dispute .
29 The right hon. Member for Hertsmere blew the whistle on his colleagues when he disarmingly said that , when he privatised electricity , he would not make the same cock-up as they had done with British Telecom and British Gas .
30 I have meandered round all sorts of fairly obscure topics , just about pleasing the Chair by remaining in order , knowing that whatever I said it would not make the slightest difference to the outcome of the private Bill .
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