Sentence examples for i would last from inspiring English sources

I WOULD last maybe one shift as a flight attendant.

My mum and dad didn't think that I would last, but I did.

Initially, the tribesmen thought that Becca and I would last less than a day.

Proving that I would last exactly three minutes had I been interrogated by the Stasi, I blurted: "O.K., I'm a Critical Shopper for The New York Times.

I had set the alarm on my phone for an hour hence, but there was no way I would last an hour like this.

I realized I would last about 20 seconds in the hands of a real torturer, but I told myself that any lasting process of improvement must be cemented in pain.

I don't think I'd last five minutes now!

[Laughter] I don't think I'd last.

Then my father ruined it by asking when I'd last had a physical.

It had been a year since I'd last seen him.

This was news: I'd last seen my grandmother almost 25 years before.