Example sentences of "he would [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ Quiet Revolution ’ which was beginning to take place in Canada was now seizing Leonard himself ; he would be a poet-writer , and be would find a place for his music alongside it . |
| 2 | ( Notice the change which the Durham professorship , and Joan 's coming , wrought — in 1940 no one could conceive of this absent-minded man as a bishop , and six or seven years later the electors to the see of Edinburgh mulled over his name and decided that it would not do , and five years after that both archbishops and the prime minister 's office were agreed that he would be a very good bishop . ) |
| 3 | He would be a traitor to his cause if he sold the pass now . |
| 4 | The birth of a son was welcomed now for traditional reasons ( for example , among Hindus the son plays an essential part in the cremation ceremony ) and because he would bring home a vast dowry when he married , but no longer so much because he would be a new worker for the joint family . |
| 5 | Burden left him contemplating the printed tea cloth as if , were it possible to transmute it to paper , reduce its size and multiply it manifold , he would be a happy man . |
| 6 | He would be a university lecturer , responsible far lecturing perhaps once a week ; a Fellow of Magdalen , involved in the administration of the College ; and , perhaps most importantly , a college tutor . |
| 7 | Even then I doubt if he would be a threat to Morley Street . |
| 8 | Unused to the rough and ready answering-back of British socialism , he remarked next day that if he lived in Britain he would be a Tory . |
| 9 | He would be a man — therefore probably a beast . |
| 10 | ‘ I felt after he won the Mandarin Chase at Newbury in 1990 that he would be a Gold Cup horse , but after he was beaten in the Gold Cup then I thought that the Grand National was his race , ’ Adams said . |
| 11 | Kinnock may have failed in this election ultimately because he could not convince the country that he would be a truly national leader . |
| 12 | Soon , he would be a political insider . |
| 13 | My son 's son , Hector Mac Lachlan Mac Eachuinn , is a fine lad , strong and brave , learned and thoughtful beyond his years ; he would be a great chief . |
| 14 | Throughout his successful career in which he won 24 Scottish caps , Macari was pursued by a cruel terracing joke ; if he could pass the bookies as well as he passes a ball he would be a millionaire in ten years . |
| 15 | Give a Lewisach a tiny corner of one of these great fields and he would be a cattle baron . |
| 16 | Sir , — When Malcolm Rifkind was made Minister of Transport I wrote a letter to him congratulating him on his appointment , expressing the hope that he would be a success in his job and asking him to instruct his Civil Servants to concentrate their efforts more on the railways of this country rather than on the roads . |
| 17 | Gould deserves great credit for opening this window ; despite the talk of a ‘ nightmare ticket ’ , he would be a useful counterpoint to Smith . |
| 18 | BAY City Rollers singer Les McKeown , who was penniless at the start of the year , predicted yesterday that he would be a millionaire by 1996 . |
| 19 | However , he would be a perfect recruit for Arsenal , whose season has ground to a halt since they led the Premier League in early November . |
| 20 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |
| 21 | He would be a fearsome opponent . |
| 22 | It seems Cantona believed he would be a permanent fixture in the side this season after his supporting role helped inspire Leeds to the Championship during the last campaign . |
| 23 | He threw himself down on the bed with his head on my stomach , groaning , and between the groans saying that he would be a good husband in future , he honestly would , he adored me , he was very ashamed and only hoped I could forgive him . |
| 24 | Then he would be a real Marine , and one day — he assured himself — an officer of Marines , maybe even ( could he dream so sublimely ? ) a Commander . |
| 25 | He would be a grown man now . |
| 26 | I said that soon he would be in the Air Force and no longer a financial burden on Elfed , and , even more than that , when the war was over he would be a wage-earner at something or other , and would be able to help Elfed and Cis ; what was more , Elfed would be already well aware that the liability he resented would become an asset he welcomed . |
| 27 | The duel could also help a career ; if this young French Lieutenant could take Sharpe 's horse and weapons back to his battalion he would be a hero . |
| 28 | Once the uniforms had told their version in the canteen , he would be a laughing stock . |
| 29 | He would be a fine choice , giving the GATT job a higher political profile . |
| 30 | Then , on the third day , he would be a guest at a trade fair held in New Jersey . |