Example sentences of "they would [be] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 2 | They would be overseen by social services inspectorate and education inspectors . |
| 3 | On these visits they would be joined by multiple cousins , and together ‘ we used to love to listen to stories about the past of the family : ’ stories which frame the opening of this granddaughter 's own life . |
| 4 | In these cases , the prince might well be surrounded by vassals who owed him military service ; but they would be present not from obligation but from desire , and they would be accompanied by large numbers whose reason for being there had nothing to do with feudal ties or fidelity . |
| 5 | Then they would be lifted by hydraulic machinery from above , while masons filled the niches with stone beneath each as it was raised . |