Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maintaining the countryside in a pristine ‘ rural ’ state merely means consigning a substantial section of its population to a level of material existence which those who propound such policies would not themselves tolerate . |
| 2 | I would not myself give the set preference over Abbado 's , which also has its shortcomings but does present the work with steady inspiration . |
| 3 | At that time I was strongly in favour of sanctions , and I supported the dispatch of American troops to Saudi Arabia , according to Bush , to deter an attack on that country ; though I would not myself have acceded to an American request to put British ground troops there , and I think many people in the Ministry of Defence argued strongly against that . |
| 4 | Such a person would not himself act as a teacher ( though there was no reason why a person with teaching experience might not make , as it were , a sideways step into this area of work ) ; he would not be a " leader of teachers " , and he would certainly not be anything approaching the Head of Resources envisaged in both the Codsall and Evans models mentioned above , with a curriculum development brief . |
| 5 | ‘ Would not it give Your Grace a foot in both camps — in a manner of speaking ? ’ |
| 6 | Would not it have been more sensible to request all those concerned with the project to put forward their plans together and subject them all to just one public inquiry ? |
| 7 | Hilaire Belloc would not I think have liked his eponymous monastery ; it is modern and spruce , with sacred literature in showcases and a monk sitting at a reception desk . |
| 8 | Another difference from the ITV companies was that Channel Four would not itself make programmes but would commission them from other sources . |
| 9 | Would n't ye agree , lad , would n't ye ? ’ |
| 10 | Offer him the choice of any face and he wants to be Paul Newman , not Broderick Crawford : ‘ Would n't everybody choose someone better looking ? ’ |
| 11 | I 've worked with them before , you see , ’ he added , in explanation and Teversham had just time to assure him he well understood and would n't himself like to work with anyone else 's squad , before Miss Williams , tears in her eyes , and Francis Morgan , white with distress , bore down on them . |
| 12 | Why would n't one want to stay in that world ? |
| 13 | And what would n't one have given in those distant days for a ball-point pen ! |
| 14 | Now if , if you take those bits er would n't one have to argue that , that the move into capitalization was straight away |
| 15 | I mean , would n't we think . |
| 16 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 17 | We 'd have four lots of two would n't we do you know what that is four twos ? |
| 18 | Well why not try Wolverhampton the golden glow of the amber shirts of Wolves will take on the proudly bar coded Magpies and would n't we like to see Notts wallop Wolves . |
| 19 | ‘ Would n't we have more control over our affairs if the Bank of England had a major say in what happened , as part of a decentralised European banking authority ? ’ |
| 20 | The sad thing is that if all the OAPs and others who genuinely ca n't afford the extra withheld that portion of their poll tax , my God , would n't we have been pounced on as lawbreakers and worse and dealt with ten times faster than the poll tax rebels who withhold purely for so-called political reasons . |
| 21 | Well would n't they tell you ? |
| 22 | would n't they do it better ? |
| 23 | But they would n't they do n't come down normally to ? |
| 24 | Would n't they do as well as the friends we made |
| 25 | And what about Duckman Peters would n't they do it for you ? |
| 26 | Would n't they think … ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Would n't they think I was a telltale ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Would n't they stamp upon the chalk of my circle and break through the protective insinuati ? ’ |
| 29 | Why is n't why would n't they take erm your radiator pipe the water , the pipe that feeds the radiator ? |
| 30 | Well why would n't they take them underneath the floor ? |