Example sentences of "wo not [verb] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 WHEN your car wo n't go you send for a very nice man from the breakdown services — but what do you do if something 's not quite right in your £1.85 billion reprocessing plant ?
2 I wo n't laugh I promise !
3 I wo n't leave you do n't worry !
4 I think I 'll have a more mature attitude to work when I 'm a bit older and I wo n't feel I 've got to interrupt a career to start a family .
5 Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve .
6 ‘ But if I do n't achieve it , I wo n't think I 've had a life unfulfilled .
7 And I wo n't suggest we ride back into camp together either , so sit yourself down there and relax , for underneath all your politeness , you 're on edge . ’
8 If it wo n't earn you profit within the next three months , cut it from your inventory
9 They wo n't give me Betnovate cos
10 Wo n't give you Betnovate will they ?
11 Get yourself on the course that Paul went on and you 're gon na be getting the kit soon anyway , as part of the network , it wo n't give you stand alone , but you have to have somebody on the network
12 I had murder with [ my GP ] ‘ cos , when I went , I was in a bad way and me mam took me up the doctor 's and he just said : ‘ I wo n't give you methadone .
13 Most people wo n't know they 've got it anyway .
14 Most people wo n't know they 've got it anyway .
15 Many people wo n't know they have osteoporosis until there 's a nasty break .
16 Well he wo n't know I do n't I do n't think he dare show
17 My love , will you do me a favour then , you do it all up , cos it wo n't keep you know .
18 it 'll only be shorter , it wo n't keep you warm down the bottom , yeah and here on the neck it 's , alright you can tell me the colour of , but it , it is quite
19 What 's that , that that young girl here says they wo n't have nowt do with them at all .
20 ‘ I wo n't have you speak to your father like that .
21 Breitenstein ( 1980 : 193 ) gives three different senses for have in its use with the bare infinitive : ( a ) I 'll have him clear up this mess ( an instruction ) ( b ) I wo n't have you say that ( a strong wish ) ( c ) I never had such a thing happen to me ( an experience )
22 In a way , I wo n't say I like Ron too much , and he could have been a contender . ’
23 We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ?
24 Old Crumwallis wo n't notice I 've had more than his miserly allowance .
25 Instead of accepting what I say and what the kids say , they wo n't accept they want peace . ’
26 ‘ Look , I wo n't deny we 've had differences of opinion .
27 Unless you 've done something awful , the courts wo n't deny you contact with the kids just because your wife does n't like it .
28 ‘ I wo n't deny I miss the NorthEast .
29 I wo n't deny I find it harder to keep pace , what with collecting the rents , keeping the books ready for the accountant , and overseeing the more recent purchases , like the six acres of land in Accrington which we 're negotiating to sell on .
30 I wo n't deny I find you damn near irresistible when you plead like that , but I do n't think my ego could take a repeat of last time . ’
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