Example sentences of "but [art] [indef pn] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a faint sticky feeling to it , as if it might trap you if you tried to struggle against it — but no one would want to struggle against this , thought Fenella , bemused with delight . |
| 2 | But no one would tell him . |
| 3 | The defective article might still be in the manufacturer 's possession three years after the date of manufacture , and he might sell it later , but no one would have the hardihood to suggest that the three years ' limitation had already cut off all right of action before he had sold it . |
| 4 | Churchill was telling everyone of the dangers in Europe but no one would listen . |
| 5 | We were saying , ‘ The girl is bleeding ’ , but no one would listen and she lost the baby . |
| 6 | But no one would let him buy a drink so I ended up not spending a ha'penny . |
| 7 | The farmers might suffer some loss of income but no one would starve . |
| 8 | He was The Master , but no one would know it . |
| 9 | They would n't be cleaned , of course , but no one would know . |