Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I knew that nothing would ever discourage him ; he 'd never give up wanting to be a director , and he 'd never be any good . |
| 2 | Unless a man can put some thematic invention into vers libre , he would perhaps do well to stick to ‘ regular ’ metres , which have certain chances of being musical from their form , and certain other chances of being musical through his failure in fitting the form . |
| 3 | Not that I had a bad opinion of his character , ( I do n't know him ) , it is just that I feel most other clubs would not have even responded to you . |
| 4 | Do you think he would not see right done to you ? ’ |
| 5 | He asks something which , you know , I mean the way they do , what is life , and you would n't know — unless you 're perhaps trained or awake to the significance of what the child is actually asking — you would n't know how to respond to that , so you tend to put it off . |
| 6 | He asks something which , you know , I mean the way they do , what is life , and you would n't know — unless you 're perhaps trained or awake to the significance of what the child is actually asking — you would n't know how to respond to that , so you tend to put it off . |
| 7 | And , ah , oh aye , and she says they 're out playing and the s and she says you know what kids are like Jean , and she says like I would n't try even to say to my kids not to go near them because you would n't tell them because they 're only kids and she says they 're like playing in the square and she says like I would David and down here you know when I was coming down |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just a form of brain death ’ , said one lifer scornfully , and indeed for many men the repetitive , soul-destroying nature of much of the work would indeed seem only to add to the pains of imprisonment . |
| 9 | The trip to Milan would otherwise have undoubtedly fallen to her , as the nominal fashion editor . |