Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes she would be invited to her sister 's house , but not too often now , because it must be admitted that with the passing of the years Aunt Nessy had come to look a little eccentric . |
| 2 | In July , the Nez Perce guided Lewis and Clark along the Lolo Trail and out of their lands , after receiving assurances that American traders would be sent to their country . |
| 3 | For example … / in the old days a man of my standing would never have gone to the shops ; everything would be sent to his house : grain , chillies , cotton , cloth . |
| 4 | Her future would be devoted to her husband and children and no more would she be tempted into any indiscretions , she vowed . |
| 5 | If not erm then if your spouse died the day after you for instance , you had a road accident or something like that and you 've left it all to her , she 'll take it all and then it 'll add it would be added to her estate it as well and make the inheritance tax bill bigger . |
| 6 | So your first five thousand eight hundred would be used against it , and then any e excess over that would be added to your tax bill in that year , in other words it would be assessed as income in that year . |
| 7 | Ceauşescu fondly imagined the day when the Nobel Peace Prize would be added to his trophy cabinet . |
| 8 | We tried very hard to underline the importance of these paintings , so that if they were ever to come on the market the government would be conditioned to their importance . |
| 9 | Before a questioning audience Mr Murray began by explaining the main features of the new corporate identity and outlined the way it would be introduced to its public . |
| 10 | On one occasion when Tolkien tore a ligament playing squash , and was told that he would be confined to his bed for ten weeks , Lewis went to see him — but , as Warnie recorded , he ‘ found Madame [ i.e. Tolkien 's wife ] there , so could not have much conversation with him ’ . |
| 11 | In the days before M and B , there was no 48-hour wonder cure ; the general would be confined to his bed for at least five or six days . |
| 12 | When Rose recovered , Steve would be returned to his mother 's care , and the matron , for one , would not mind . |
| 13 | Then they would be returned to us sir , and then if appropriate they would be dealt with in the context er of your report and the of the report . |
| 14 | A spokeswoman for the Blackpool Pleasure Beach said it was hoped the revitalised Laughing Man would be restored to his glass cabinet within a fortnight . |