Example sentences of "do [adv] 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 . |
| 10 | A second line of argument advanced on behalf of the doctor to justify his failure to accede to the request of his patient is that the doctor must continue treatment because to do otherwise would render him criminally and/or civilly liable . |