Example sentences of "would not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brigadier Dominic Kassiano , a member of the ruling junta , told the army newspaper Guwat al-Mussalah that food supplies in the towns of Juba , Wau , and Malakal would not last long . |
| 2 | Most models are very strict about what they eat , and they would not last long on a diet of cheeseburgers . |
| 3 | It was reprieve that would not last long . |
| 4 | Only the leaders were mounted , and even that would not last long , although there were horse-boys behind with replacements . |
| 5 | Walkers who would not dare stroll half a mile in inner cities thought nothing of walking 190 miles across the fells , dales and moors from St Bee 's in Cumbria to Robin Hood 's Bay in North Yorkshire . |
| 6 | I was calling Sweetman 's bluff , confident he would not dare pull the trigger , and equally confident that my marine training would let me turn him into mincemeat . |
| 7 | And I know I was madly , madly involved with the symphony to the extent that when it was done — and it is one of the few works I say this of — I would not dare touch it again . |
| 8 | He did not doubt that she was a prisoner , for these were the Warden 's men who they had thought would not dare come so far into the forest . |
| 9 | Even England would not dare claim that . |
| 10 | ‘ You know I do not , ’ Siban said , ‘ or you would not dare ask . |
| 11 | He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable . |
| 12 | They would not dare risk a shot at anyone within a sword 's reach of their prince and his guard . |
| 13 | They would not let go . |
| 14 | He would not let go of it . |
| 15 | Within weeks , it became perfectly plain that the parish was in the inflexible grip of a powerful and intractable laity , who would not let go . |
| 16 | It is part of the dream , the nightmares that came before , the one that would not let go … |
| 17 | More frequent medical examinations would not help reduce the risk ; the tests currently available that might indicate , for example , whether an increased coronary risk does or does not exist , themselves carry a risk that exceeds that which we are endeavouring to protect against . |
| 18 | But I figured the jeans would n't last long . |
| 19 | in order to get the air in Charlotte you 're just going to wear yourself out darling I would n't bother do you |
| 20 | As did Edward York 's Basilio-he had it , but would n't let go of it . |
| 21 | ‘ Got my head in a leg-lock and would n't let go . |
| 22 | She tugged at her hand , but he would n't let go . |
| 23 | Realizing that my opponent and I were safely separated , I struggled violently , hurling threats and abuse at the poor boy , while praying that my large saviour would n't let go of me . |
| 24 | I hoped he would n't let go because I wanted to kill him . |
| 25 | Would n't let go of his hand-grenade . |
| 26 | But his colleagues had their curiosity whetted ; they would n't let go . |
| 27 | The pack would n't let go . |
| 28 | ‘ He 's got a rather grand name but we simply call him Billy , ’ said dad , who would n't let go of his famous foam mallet with which he bashes kiddy guests on his long-running TV-am show , Wacaday . |
| 29 | there was no sort of , you know , about handshake or anything daft like that he just , he just would n't let go of my hand so I had to pull off really . |
| 30 | ‘ She was a screen idol who fell in love , a goddess who sinned , a mother who would n't let go . |