Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , if the businesss ' customers are other businesses , who may have their own conditions of purchase , it may be necessary to include provisions to deal with the possibility of a battle of forms . |
| 2 | Their captain ( for so I must term him — though their forces understand no battle order and hurl themselves pell-mell on us like mere animals who must quench their parched throats with blood ) , a certain youth who is called Dulay to his people , with a trick of the eye that makes him seem to look at you and yet not see you ( and other tricks beside — I have seen this same swart creature climb a ladder into the air as if it were a tree planted there foursquare ) , we apprehended as he fled from our justice . |
| 3 | It needed a superb 65th winner from Kelly to clinch victory against a Wolves side who must halt their recent slide against Bristol City today . |
| 4 | Many advisers were desperate for more space : the bureau general office being too crowded with administrative workers who should have their own area ; they wanted easy access to the information system without too much clutter ; some suggested that the telephone adviser should be in a separate area and a separate receptionist area be allocated , and a coffee machine be available for clients . |
| 5 | I mean I would have to say that that , that turn by the Chinese Communist Party meant that it was a turn away from the idea that it was the , the ordinary people themselves who , who should shape their own destiny . |
| 6 | Who should determine what young people learn at school ? |
| 7 | According to Chris Lloyd , I , as a nonsmoker , am some sort of do-gooder who should mind my own business . |
| 8 | They 'll come to blows with the Kurds , who 'll want their own state , and see this as a chance for getting it ; the Iranians will no doubt try to grab the Shia part of Iraq in the south ; and the Syrians will want their bit as well . |
| 9 | Who 'll give me five bob ? ’ |
| 10 | Occasionally , you meet some bloke who 'll give you this tripe |
| 11 | Today we 'll hear from polytechnic lecturer Reg James , who 's just made a film of the special needs Brickwall School , and from local remedial tutor Dave Pollock , who 'll give us some suggestions for teacing dyslexic children . |
| 12 | Furthermore , the use of powerful and wealthy nobles and kings as missionizers had led to proprietary churches and monasteries , that is to churches which were built and financed or " owned " by laymen who might make their own appointments . |
| 13 | You only have yourself to fall back on , unless , of course , you count a friendly bank manager who might lend you some money , or a friend or relative who might do the same . |
| 14 | Employment was more easily lost than obtained in the eighteenth century , for supervisors with power of removal over their subordinates rarely had much inclination to investigate the accuracy of an accusation against one of their officers , if that charge was brought with the support of a man of political influence who might harm his own career if thwarted . |
| 15 | Anyway , if I changed it who could tell what other inaccuracies might creep in . |
| 16 | It also — and perhaps more importantly — gave much tighter control over workers , enabling the factory owner to offer an all-or-nothing contract to the mill-workers , such that they would be required to work the then standard fourteen-hour day , six-day week — a far more intensive work-rate than that chosen by the putting-out workers who could exercise their own preference in the trade-off between work and leisure . |
| 17 | Somebody who could meet his own passion . |
| 18 | She did not add , He would jump at the chance of someone filling that post , so that he would n't be asked to take the children off Rose 's hands until she is once more fixed up with someone who could manage her unruly crowd , as well as herself and the house . |
| 19 | Freddie had never liked her , but he knew at once that she might be the one person who could give him valuable assistance with his research . |
| 20 | He was a dry , spinsterish man whom Paul disliked , and who could voice his narrow opinions as he chose , having means of his own . |
| 21 | He was reckoned one of the islands ' best fishing guides , a man who could name his own price to the rich northerners who came to the blue waters to kill gamefish , but Bonefish believed that his family might stray from the path of righteousness if he spent too much time away from home so he restricted his guide work to just a few weeks of the year . |
| 22 | I never met any students who could define what this slogan meant , but usually it brought a look of amusement to their faces . |
| 23 | ‘ I can think of a few consultants , not to mention some very tired registrars , ’ she added ruefully , ‘ who 'd give their right arm to work in conditions like these . ’ |
| 24 | He 's a good , strong player who 'd give us some bite and score goals . |
| 25 | ‘ Should be , should n't there ? ’ said Joe , who 'd put his new jersey on and given himself an expensive look . |
| 26 | But , as far as I was concerned , he was just another rockabilly who 'd park his flash motor out the front and seemed to have more money than all the rest of us put together . |
| 27 | The Milton Humberside , dammit , who used to Do It all night long ? |
| 28 | ‘ Protect us from those who would twist our human heritage , ’ he recommenced . |
| 29 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 30 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |