Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] 'd [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish I had a girlfriend who 'd hug and kiss me when I was going to catch a train . |
| 2 | But love was what he felt for the stranger who 'd thrust herself upon him . |
| 3 | Just as well , for with the state the country was in people would be wary of a stranger who 'd come knocking on their door at an hour when they might be warm and snug at the gates of dreamland . |
| 4 | My dear Mrs Goreng , I felt like saying , you would have been surprised to come across a hotelier who 'd read Thomas Mann . |
| 5 | A Hollywood actress who 'd come to stay |
| 6 | She took in the bloated rage of the Captain , the eager faces of the card players who were savouring every minute , the dry Insurance man with his cool uncaring manner , the old harridan who 'd set it all in motion . |
| 7 | Did n't Cloughie get done for doing something similar a few years ago when he chinned the Forest fan who 'd run on the pitch ( later kissed him but brought out one of the all-time commentators classics from Greavesie when he said ‘ It was the first time the shit really had hit the fan ’ ) . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not the type who 'd look good on a yacht . |
| 9 | She looks the type who 'd enjoy letting the police in . ’ |
| 10 | Do you think you could find anyone in your village who 'd take me in for that ? |
| 11 | Oh yeah , of course : the name of the locum who 'd let Clare die . |
| 12 | When it came to choosing who 'd provide the food , the pub won hands down . |
| 13 | I 've been thinking that if I ever meet the kind of young lady who 'd make you a nice wife , I 'll get her to come round and introduce 'erself . ’ |
| 14 | I was going to wear myself out , then I really would faint and I 'd get found by some kind little old lady who 'd call an ambulance and … |
| 15 | and he had to find a girl who 'd let him do it to her . |
| 16 | Linda said perhaps he was a hungry burglar who 'd come after their mum 's apple pie and fruit cake . |
| 17 | Not dear Julia 's pretty little girl , or David 's daughter who keeps hanging round the theatre , nor even Brian 's big sister who 'd lend the gang a quid for a video if they were skint . |
| 18 | I wish I had a friend who 'd write to me . |
| 19 | Perhaps , ’ he went on , turning to Merrill , ‘ you 've got a friend who 'd like a job in Ghent ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What about the ‘ poor sap who 'd become a bit of a pest ’ ? |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone started laughing and I was concerned that ‘ Jacki ’ might feel alienated but he immediately started laughing himself and I knew I 'd signed a character who 'd get on fine in Scotland . ’ |
| 22 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 23 | No do n't you reckon Sherry 's the sort of person who 'd do that |
| 24 | I think they just thought I 'm the type of person who 'd go too far and you know do a joke like that , but I 'm not . |
| 25 | cos you could , I mean if if she asked you about it , you know , you could just say well honestly I 'm quite , I did n't think you were the kind of person who 'd go for I know , I know that thing is I mean I can see , I can see that she 's going for him because |
| 26 | ‘ But does he look the sort of person who 'd sign with just an initial ? ’ |
| 27 | She 's the sort of person who 'd criticize the flowers you brought to her funeral . |
| 28 | Then she retreated in bleak anguish to her bedroom , and sat hunched in the window-seat , looking out over the soft rolling lawns and distant Cotswold hills , dimly aware that her single most painful desire was that her mother were still alive , so she could pour out the secret desolation to the one person who 'd have understood … |
| 29 | He said you were a gentleman who 'd pay a fair price for anything I could tell you . ’ |
| 30 | He was going to Marianne — to a woman who 'd welcome him with both body and mind . |