Example sentences of "would n't [verb] at " in BNC.
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1 | For the most part they would n't speak at all even if threatened . |
2 | " He said if he could n't have her , he would n't marry at all . |
3 | Was it her fault if her brain would n't function at a normal level ? |
4 | And she wished he would n't stare at her — it made her feel unclean . |
5 | At the last minute , when the stern hit the swollen water and the dinghy 's progress flattened out I jumped in myself and simply hoped against all reasonable hope that we would n't sink at once . |
6 | A whole lot of alibis that would n't wash at all . ’ |
7 | I asked had a very heated discussion erm where I si wanting to be having the careers teachers in and working with the forms etcetera and doing it , the er job wise and he would n't entertain at all |
8 | A group like Waterstones would be less likely to welcome this approach : ‘ It would n't do at Waterstones because their buyers like to do their own checking . |
9 | That would n't do at all . |
10 | This would n't do at all . |
11 | But of course that would n't do at all . |
12 | If she was going to do the job at all , professional pride demanded she do it properly and , for hair as thick and luxuriant as his , ‘ just chopping a bit off ’ would n't do at all . |
13 | No , that would n't do at all . |
14 | I do n't think it will , but I 'm sure it would n't do at the other two places |
15 | As they walked to the hotel car park across the road , two young art student types , thin girls with long black hair and western eyes , stopped and asked him if he could help them work their camera , they were out on an assignment and it would n't go at all , and Rory fiddled something on the side and gave it back and said : ‘ That should be it now , the poor ould thing should be in a museum ’ , and as they went away looked back at him , and back again . |
16 | At the same time , he would n't feel at all happy were she to marry someone she could not possibly love simply to make her life easier , more luxurious . |
17 | ‘ Be that as it may , ’ she hurried on , ‘ I would n't feel at home here , beautiful though it is , ’ she admitted in strangled tones . |
18 | So I would n't feel at all embarrassed . |
19 | I remember Debbie bringing me home once from Bingo and he 's coming up as she 's coming up , she 's almost there too her house , and he would n't budge , he would n't back , he would n't reverse at all . |
20 | She would n't stop at his side any more to watch him play , though he liked her to , for she was his lucky charm , and her presence concentrated his mind wonderfully . |
21 | She was in a lift and the lift would n't stop at the right floor but kept going first up and then down , past the numbers she wanted . |
22 | The reason Nicola 's GP had sent her to me was that the little girl would n't sleep at night , had tantrums and breath-holding attacks , and her mother wondered if she was allergic to something she was eating . |
23 | ‘ Would n't threw at me be a more apt way of phrasing it ? ’ |
24 | A true visionary would n't crumple at the first sign of opposition , would take all this in her stride . |
25 | Besides he would n't come at |
26 | I would n't worry at all . |
27 | Who would n't jump at the chance of spending a free six months in the Southern Hemisphere , flights paid , car provided and all for a few afternoons coaching ? |
28 | So she rode slowly through them , mostly holding her breath and praying that they would n't charge at her . |
29 | I would n't mind at all . ’ |
30 | I could scream abuse at him all day long ; he would n't mind at all . |