Example sentences of "they would n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew once we started playing electrically we would n't be confusing the journalists and they would n't think it was just some guy from Dinosaur masturbating in his room . |
| 2 | They would n't think I 'm eighty-two . |
| 3 | ‘ They would n't think that ! ’ |
| 4 | The men who came to see you , they would n't think of somebody having to empty their pockets before they play the piano — but that 's really what a woman does , is n't it ? |
| 5 | It is unlikely but I have seen er er one or two advertised in the er but but they will they are unlikely to put that on their list because they would n't think about it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm sure they would n't think that , Jimmy . ’ |
| 7 | Erm I do n't think I did no , oh no they did n't they would n't think of doing that then , but they do now and erm then I , I 've been around at Wiggens the old hall table where people you know , worked in the warehouse there and I 've done all sorts |
| 8 | She had had to take the time off , but they would n't pay her for it . |
| 9 | Yeah , but they would n't pay me for the hour I was sitting there doing nothing you see |
| 10 | and nobody had paid rates , and they would n't pay rates until they 'd actually finished building on the land opposite . |
| 11 | They would n't watch women 's football , I do n't think , if it was on |
| 12 | ( I was keen to strain some of the vicious Barny 's blood out of any future little owlets , so that they would n't grow up to take after their grandfather ! ) |
| 13 | Erm they would n't grow , they ca n't grow grain or use two or three times in succession , but then for that another seven years because it takes so much goodness out the erm thing , there 's so many diseases and they got to change their crop after a while |
| 14 | And they would n't last that long ? |
| 15 | She would n't he had some lovely irises but she would n't buy them cos she said they would n't last . |
| 16 | Packing them up nice you know and chocking them tight so as they would n't shift you see , when the ship was rolling . |
| 17 | They would n't decide to slaughter a cow without consulting her . |
| 18 | ‘ If they would n't tell us the first time , why should they do so now ? ’ |
| 19 | If somebody was used to teaching croquet they would n't tell you everything all at once . |
| 20 | If you were too soft with them , they would n't move . |
| 21 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 22 | So they would n't move . |
| 23 | But the 20 men women and children outside the police station vowed that they would n't move until their vehicles were returned . |
| 24 | Well no they would n't match together but that does n't matter . |
| 25 | They ploughed with 'em ; and when they ploughed round the field , they 'd go right steady ; and if there were old roots anywhere they would n't break nothing . |
| 26 | They would n't break him , oh no ! |
| 27 | So , off I went to Tokyo and spent days in the Russian Embassy with the RCA Tokyo man , Mr Yamamoto , but still they would n't give me one . |
| 28 | Not because they could not be useful — but they would n't give us , as desiring female spectators , that much to look at . |
| 29 | A policeman had suspected them for loitering about , they would n't give a reasonable explanation or account of themselves . |
| 30 | If I gave an interview I was the greatest guy in the world but if I said ‘ no , I want some time to myself ’ , they would n't give me the time of day . |