Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Ceauşescu fondly imagined the day when the Nobel Peace Prize would be added to his trophy cabinet . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | When Rose recovered , Steve would be returned to his mother 's care , and the matron , for one , would not mind . |
| 6 | 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 . |