Example sentences of "would [verb] i for the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
2 | ‘ 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 . |
3 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
4 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
5 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |