Example sentences of "would [adv] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the experience of members of the Women 's Cooperative Guild , who in both their own estimation and that of observers were adjudged respectable married women , shows that family misfortune , particularly in the form of sickness and unemployment , could quickly plunge a family into poverty , whereupon the wife would probably resort to strategies similar to those of her poorer sister . |
| 2 | In order to secure the payment of tribute , servicemen would often resort to taking hostages ( amanaty ) . |
| 3 | He said baiters broke the animal 's back and his jaw and would even resort to poking out his eyes if they were training a dog to fight . |
| 4 | The first of these periods ( from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century ) usually involved confrontations between stone-throwing strikers and armed troops , who would sometimes resort to gunfire to restore order . |
| 5 | He went on to state that the Party would definitely affiliate to the Labour Party if accepted as a " revolutionary organisation " . |