Sentence examples for would spring on from inspiring English sources

"Oh sure, why didn't you fight her off?" I think, only to realise that this would be one of the first questions any defence lawyer would spring on a victim.

Democratic leaders have made it clear that they do not want to subject their members to the politically difficult votes Republicans would spring on them if they brought a budget to the floor.

In "Free Range Appliances," a corral full of toasters, eggbeaters and other small household items, all mounted on wheels, would spring to life when flashlights were shined on them.

When you turn on your computer it would spring to life, without needing to boot.

Daniel hasn't seen most of the family since Andi's death a dozen years before, so it seems peculiar, to put it mildly, that Dinah would spring him on them just days before her sister's wedding.

Without it, conservationists feared, coastal development would run amok, Highway 1 would be widened, and a string of nuclear power plants would spring up on some of the greatest beach fronts in the world.

She would spring surprise urine tests on the men.

They used the same tactic with the Social Security groups -- telling them they would not be taking up the issue for another year, knowing all the while they would spring the deficit commission on them imminently.

Then he'd spring out of bed, pulling on his sweatpants and lacing up his sneakers.

He was "confident" new houses would spring up, which would "have a moderating influence on house price growth".

Electronic bazaars would spring up instantly.