Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If I had a kid , I 'd maroon it for the afternoon , on a lilo anchored several feet away with waterproof crayons and wax paper to draw on . |
2 | Give Ray half a chance and he 'd blame himself for the invention of gunpowder . ’ |
3 | ‘ I would n't do that , girl ; he 'd fight you for the child . |
4 | The court had been told that Mrs McWilliams had suffered severe brain damage which would affect her for the rest of her life . |
5 | He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday . |
6 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
7 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
8 | When I was a child there was a damp place in the long meadow where there used to be a lovely yellow flower we call butterballs , and children would bring them for the teacher . |
9 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
10 | would do anything for the crack |
11 | Collectors would give anything for the chance to hear him project his art to us from the clarity of a recording studio . |
12 | ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl . |
13 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
14 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
15 | Some lay eggs among the stones , so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves . |
16 | Suddenly , it was the men who were reacting — usually with disgust , and they would ignore her for the rest of the journey . |
17 | Finishing the script , I would leave it for the typist and go home for a few hours ' nap until rehearsal time at two o'clock . |
18 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
19 | He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took . |
20 | After they had devoured the nuts and drunk the lemonade they discussed who would write what for the Gazette . |
21 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
22 | If she had let this chance slip , she knew she would regret it for the rest of her life . |
23 | Heseltine declares that he can not foresee the circumstances in which he would challenge her for the leadership . |
24 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |