Example sentences of "[vb infin] anything [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm a pretty perceptive person , I understand people quite well , but I never dreamt that my mother could do anything that would damage my daughter so greatly . |
| 2 | A true friend would not do anything that would enable the disease to continue but would instead take the difficult and risky path of totally confronting it , while still loving the sufferer , despite all the harshness that the disease will cause the sufferer to throw in return . |
| 3 | She was not going to say or do anything that would make John Major 's task more difficult : the Cabinet , here she indicated them with a sinuous wave of her hand , was the most brilliant since Herbert Asquith 's and , as for Central Office , and she looked directly at Sir Charles , who was mopping his brow , they were good men and true who strove mightily in the interests of the Party , and for precious little reward . |
| 4 | Editor , — Allyson M Pollock and Azeem Majeed 's arguments in response to our editorial on consultant episodes could perhaps be summarised as ‘ the internal market is intrinsically flawed and we should not do anything that would delay its demise . ’ |
| 5 | I would welcome anything that would improve the legislation . |
| 6 | Erm that 's the one that , wanted respectability , acceptance amongst respectable citizens , very much and said that it would never print anything that would bring a blush to the cheek of a young |
| 7 | No detractor however imaginative or ingenious could find anything that would pain him or put him out of countenance . |
| 8 | ‘ None of us could find anything that would shift it however much elbow grease we used . |