Example sentences of "would to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their savage eyes turn 'd to a modest gaze , |
| 2 | Transform 'd to Birds , my lost Companions fly : |
| 3 | I oft converse with those she 's deem 'd to grace |
| 4 | For ev'ry one they hasten 'd to the Grave , |
| 5 | Watts had earlier published The psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament , and Apply 'd to the Christian State and Worship before , others had followed . |
| 6 | " This Meeting having with much regret felt the Inconveniences arising to the Island for the Want of a Jail , wherein Disturbers of the Peace and other Transgressors of the Law might be Confined … are of the opinion that Shawfield should be apply 'd to , and these Grievances Stated , that he may of course procure the Sherriff 's warrant to have a Jail Established … " |
| 7 | Thomas Baker [ q.v. ] wrote : ‘ There are Books ( chiefly in old English ) almost in every Library that have belong 'd to H. Dyson , with his Name upon them ’ ( Thomas Hearne , Collections , vol. vii , p. 369 ) . |
| 8 | Quiss hmm 'd to himself . |
| 9 | … and from them rose A cry that shiver 'd to the tingling stars . |
| 10 | The Earl of Nottingham , a Tory who was to make his peace with the Revolution , nevertheless opposed the invitation , condemning it as " high treason , in violation of the Laws … and that allegiance which I ow 'd to the Soveraigne and which I had confirm 'd by my solemn oath " . |
| 11 | give the same protection and employment rights that you would to other employees who have problems related to other forms of ill-health |
| 12 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 13 | Bingham ca n't take his eyes off Ali ; the still life of his friend , tethered so completely , seems as incomprehensible to him as it would to others who followed the radiated glow of Ali 's invulnerability . |
| 14 | Other mares will tolerate , boss , or defer to it as they would to the mother herself . |
| 15 | Then you will be served a dish which tastes to your palate the way the hotter dish would to a seasoned Thai tongue . |
| 16 | In the manufacturing manager 's own words : ‘ Development in the production environment meant that the operator would productionise machinery , and rather than management giving production parameters to the operators , the operators would to some extent give them to management . |
| 17 | Speaking as you would to an ordinary child , of a similar level of linguistic ability , may be the most natural response and in most cases this is likely to be a safe strategy . |
| 18 | So indeed should the woman for she is to submit to her husband as she would to the Lord himself . |
| 19 | By all means consider a tank of an unusual or irregular design , but be aware of the limitations and do not apply the same criteria as you would to the more conventional rectangular aquarium , especially where stocking levels are concerned . |
| 20 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 21 | I 'm going to adopt the editorial " we " and you may then pay more attention than you would to the burblings of a recent graduate . |
| 22 | I would to , just make the point that the royal family do , do a lot of work for this country . |
| 23 | What we 're are saying is , There are the sites , they do n't have the development constraints that I would to the extent erm that you believe erm they have , and Skelton and the two objection sites are very well located a whole range of service facilities and employment opportunities , and development on those sites would fit squarely within local plan policy . |
| 24 | Members of the public , on the other hand , would speak to a judge as they would to any other knight or peer — Sir John , or Lord Smith . |
| 25 | He spoke to him as he would to his own son , undeferentially , as one adult to another . |
| 26 | Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance . |
| 27 | You know not the innocence you abuse so freely Would to God that instead of a woman and my sister , any man breathing had dared to give himself half the airs you have done . |
| 28 | ‘ A gang war would be as damaging to Connelly as it would to us . |
| 29 | Furthermore , his body will respond to this self-made reality precisely as it would to what we now regard as ‘ the ’ universe . ’ |
| 30 | At thirty-two , he confesses to Louise the manner in which he has spent many hours of his life : imagining what he would to if he had an income of a million francs a year . |