Sentence examples for were to bite from inspiring English sources

If those of us who hated Thatcher were to bite our tongues and submit to the inevitable hagiographies and her canonisation in the wake of her death, we would be sitting passively by as history is written.

And if Tyson, once the undisputed heavyweight champion, were to bite Golota's ear, as he twice bit Evander Holyfield's, would Golota respond with low blows?

That rate is punitive and it might spike to plainly unaffordable levels if Madrid were to bite the bullet and look to the markets to solve its banking emergency.

If the cap were to bite – and therefore reduce levels of spending compared to what would otherwise have happened – then it would be almost bound to pose a major and last minute challenge to the government's flagship universal credit reform which encompasses the key benefits that are in the firing line.

Even if a rabid "vampire" were to bite 100 people, he says, only 5%to10%0% might develop rabies.

If the less dominant rabbit were to bite the genitals of the dominant rabbit, it could cause serious damage.[11].[11]

"My tendency is to bite things, which the character obviously wouldn't do," Miss Miller said.

The dog's job is to bite the pilot if he touches the controls.

The dog's job will be to bite the pilot if he touches the controls.

The dog's job will be to bite the pilot if he touches anything".

The best decision was to bite the bullet and cut the line.