Example sentences of "[to-vb] so would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart . |
| 2 | The Prime Minister , Selim al-Hoss , called for Khazen 's resignation , but Hrawi refused to accept it , claiming that to do so would weaken his government . |
| 3 | She would not explain herself to Luke Scott , because to do so would mean he mattered to her , and to let him matter in even the smallest way was to make herself vulnerable — to let him in at some level , and she had an intuitive sense of the havoc he could wreak once admitted to the number of those people who mattered in her life in their various ways . |
| 4 | The process of recovery involves making an inventory of one 's previous wrongs and defects of characters , admitting them to one 's self , to God and to another human being and making amends to those one has harmed , except when to do so would injure them or others . |
| 5 | They refused to sign the bond , arguing that to do so would prevent them from making any public protests . |
| 6 | However , he can not refuse to dispense a prescription on the grounds that to do so would make him overspend against his budget . |
| 7 | Such people are unable to move because to do so would require them to make good a substantial deficit on the mortgage . |
| 8 | failure to do so would cause them problems . |
| 9 | Many scientists would like to influence public opinion by speaking out about their work , but they know that to do so would put them in danger . |