Example sentences of "his mother would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he strayed , his mother would shove him back into position with her foot as she harped . |
| 2 | His mother would find him still at it when she came down to breakfast in the morning . |
| 3 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 4 | In the late evenings his mother would take him by the hand for walks , and would play the concertina to him when they got home . |
| 5 | His mother would introduce him as ‘ my darling son , Nigel — he 's such a talented writer , you know , and his marriage is on the rocks , poor dear . |