[Vocabulary] Do these senteces sound good?

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Do these sentences sound good? If not, could you explain to me what's wrong?

a 1) For three days I was followed by two cops.
2) For three days I was watched by two cops.

b 1) He lived in an old house which would have been demolished the following year.
2) he lived in an old house he would be demolished the following year.

c 1) Everybody would be moved in it as soon as it was ready.
2) Everybody would be housed in it " " " " ".
3) Everybody would be accomodated in it " " " .

d) 1) I went back to the hotel, still being followed by the two cops.
2) I went back to the hotel, still closely followed by the two cops.
 

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Do these sentences sound good? If not, could you explain to me what's wrong?

a 1) For three days I was followed by two cops. OK.
2) For three days I was watched by two cops. OK.

b 1) He lived in an old house which would have been demolished the following year. No.
2) He lived in an old house he would be demolished the following year. OK.

c 1) Everybody would be moved into it as soon as it was ready.
2) Everybody would be housed in it " " " " ".
3) Everybody would be accommodated in it " " " . All OK.

d) 1) I went back to the hotel, still being followed by the two cops. OK.
2) I went back to the hotel, still closely followed by the two cops. OK.
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Could you explain to me why sentence B1 is incorrect, please?;-)
 

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Bhai overlooked one slip: .....b2) He lived in an old house he would be demolished the following year.

He lived in an old house that/which would be demolished...
he lived in an old house (that/which) he would [STRIKE]be[/STRIKE] demolish[STRIKE]ed[/STRIKE]...
 

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Could you explain to me why sentence B1 is incorrect, please?;-)
b 1) He lived in an old house which would have been demolished the following year.
What do you think it means?
 

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b 1) He lived in an old house which would have been demolished the following year.
What do you think it means?

I want to mean that this guy used to live in that house that will probably be demolished in the future. How can I express this concept, not using the future, but using the conditional?
 

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I want to mean that this guy used to live in that house that will probably be demolished in the future. How can I express this concept, not using the future, but using the conditional?
I can't think of a way to do that without using "will" or "going to".
"He lived in an old house that, if the planners have their way, will be/is going to be knocked down next year".
 
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