Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I was especially fond of my maternal grandparents ' dog , Luath , an exquisitely patient collie with whom I would sit for hours , pretending or half-pretending that we could read one another 's thoughts .
2 If you do intend to follow your own programme see whether you can find a ‘ mentor ’ or other suitable person to whom you can go for encouragement and guidance when you need to , rather than attempting to battle it out on your own .
3 There are many people to whom you can turn for help .
4 Even if you have never owned a dog before , training is not difficult , and there are plenty of people to whom you can turn for advice .
5 I wonder who they 'll choose for Lara .
6 My son fishes at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed .
7 My son fishes quite often at the fish farm where I know there is a responsible adult who he can ask for help if needed .
8 It is extremely gratifying to know that we will have a knowledgeable and committed environmentalist in the House of Lords on whom we can rely for help whenever the need arises .
9 We do not have great writers any more , men to whom we can turn for enlightenment and discussion of the most engaging problems .
10 Establish a list of providers with whom we will contract for services .
11 For instance , bereaved adults experience higher than expected levels of illness in the year following the death of their spouse , and among those most at risk of lasting psychiatric problems are people without a network of friends or relatives to whom they may turn for consolation ( Parkes and Brown , 1972 ) .
12 This latter group of people will inevitably form the great majority , and it is mainly they who will provide the justification for the establishment of a clergy for the ‘ Alternative Religion ’ , and it is they who will prefer to put their faith in carefully chosen leaders , possibly elected from among the others , and on whom they can call for guidance .
13 He considered whom he knew in the Essex CID and whom he could tap for information .
14 Somewhere there would be a tutor waiting to see him — some easy-going , amiable man , not old , but a few years older than himself , with whom he could drink sherry on slightly deferential terms , and to whom he could apply for permission to hold parties , keep a car , and ride to hounds .
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