Example sentences of "would never [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had wet her drawers , which was the kind of thing one would never mention to Mama . |
| 2 | As a good friend of mine once commented , ‘ If man could only see his aura , he would never go to war . ’ |
| 3 | It has more than fulfilled its founding fathers ' two objectives : to rebuild the economy of a shattered Europe , and to bury the hatchet between France and Germany and so bind together the nations of Europe that they would never go to war again . |
| 4 | She hated anything deceitful or dishonest and would never listen to tittle-tattle about another girl behind her back . |
| 5 | The prosecution argued that the Newleys had driven down together from London ; after the murder , Mrs Newley had driven back in her husband 's car , and parked it near their home ; no doubt she hoped that the trip to Hampshire would never come to light . |