Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's not a proper father : he 'd rather talk to a foreigner than come and find his own son . |
| 2 | Plays , too , ai n't my line much ; I 'd sooner go to a dance — it 's more livelier . |
| 3 | I 'd just come to a point . ’ |
| 4 | He vowed there and then he 'd never return to a tournament like that ; he felt that a man of his stature should n't be playing in what was , after all , a second-rate event while the Masters was on . |
| 5 | He had concluded that the new strategy would eventually lead to a resumption of the armed struggle , but , more dubiously , had gone on to suppose that civil rights activities could be treated as if they were an armed insurrection . |
| 6 | This work , it is true , was largely conducted in the belief that simply gathering information alone would eventually lead to an understanding of the brain , but the fact remains that we now have an impressive body of evidence against which to evaluate the new theories that are emerging . |
| 7 | Indeed , their conquerors would soon find him too much to handle , and his term of exile and the exile of his people would eventually come to an end . |
| 8 | He would never expressly suggest that one or two might go down , but would rather point to an accumulation of profits as deriving from several shares and not just one . |
| 9 | They were men of such unyielding integrity ( they would only admit to a fault in order to show how it might be overcome ) that the wavering personality of a child could not rest for long against those monumental shoulders . |
| 10 | If the case had been one of estoppel , it might be said that in any event the estoppel would cease when the conditions to which the representation applied came to an end , or it also might be said that it would only come to an end on notice . |
| 11 | It does not , of course , follow that because markets are of only limited effectiveness that legal intervention , in the shape of a more active liability regime or a reformed governance structure , would necessarily lead to an outcome closer to the ideal , since the costs of intervention may exceed the benefits . |
| 12 | This offence carries the right to jury trial , and the judge declined to usurp the jury 's role by declaring that future conduct by the Society would necessarily amount to an offence . |
| 13 | It would not do for it to take place in Moran 's house and Moran would not go to a hotel . |
| 14 | Several stated that this was why they would not go to a GP or a Detoxification Unit , even as an out-patient . |
| 15 | In the Soviet Union the party and government bureaucracies issued a mass of rules and regulations — so many , in fact , that sometimes ways had to be found to circumvent them so that the system would not grind to a halt . |
| 16 | Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft . |
| 17 | Lord Donaldson said afterwards that his proposal would not lead to a downgrading of justice . |
| 18 | It could , for example , consist of a complaint that a rating list had been prepared on an unfair basis in the sense that another ratepayer 's property had been undervalued , even if a revaluation would not lead to a reduction in the complainant 's rate bill . |
| 19 | Another concession won by the NFU was clarification that inadvertent damage to a sett would not lead to a prosecution . |
| 20 | The IDA once again flew in another independent medical expert , Dr Muriel Newhouse of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , who assured the planning inquiry that she would not object to an asbestos dump , such as the one proposed , being sited ‘ at the bottom of her garden ’ . |
| 21 | Many would not turn to a sound , nor would they smile or babble when spoken to . |
| 22 | The last point is important since we have become used to structural walls being of solid construction , and normally it would not occur to a DIY or small builder carrying out alterations that walls could be otherwise . |
| 23 | I believed he would not agree to a truce . |
| 24 | Taylor had consistently made it known that he would not agree to a ceasefire until Doe had resigned and left the country . |
| 25 | The firm message from Whitehall last night was that Mrs Thatcher was not going to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week to propose a reduction in sanctions , although she would not agree to an increase in the measures already in place . |
| 26 | Students , likewise , would simply be admitted to the institution ; they would not belong to a department or faculty . |
| 27 | One important factor whch applied in that case would not apply to a case considered under s3 : s13 of the Act , which defines the classes of the clauses to which the Act applies , provides that to the extent that ss2 and 5-7 of the Act prevent the exclusion or restriction of liability , they " also prevent excluding or restricting liability by reference to terms and notices which exclude or restrict the relevant obligation or duty " . |
| 28 | A wound has been defined as an injury which breaks both the outer and inner skin — a bruise or a burst blood-vessel in an eye would not amount to a wound . |
| 29 | Without them , many of the ecological processes upon which we and other organisms knowingly or unknowingly depend , would soon grind to a halt . |
| 30 | The then Lord Chief Justice in 1980 commented that , If it were not that a high proportion of cases are compromised long before they reach court the administration of justice would soon grind to a halt ; the courts would be overwhelmed by the volume of work . ’ |