Example sentences of "would [verb] i for [art] [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 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |
| 5 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
| 6 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |