Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explain to him how you feel and chat to his parents , who may rally round and give you the support he refuses to give you . |
| 2 | Apart from Gatting , who is seen as a near-certainty for England 's winder tour of India , others who may come back into the international reckoning are Chris Broad , Alan Wells , Matthew Maynard and John Emburey , while Neil Foster ( another South African tourist ) might have been considered for the winter tour but for a knee injury which kept him out of the Essex side for the last part of the season . |
| 3 | Is it likely that there are other pupils who may turn up in that room in a few minutes ? |
| 4 | This is Tracy , this is Alex , this is Bill , this is Theresa , this is Katherine and this is Hayley , and there are one or two others who are n't here yet who may turn up . |
| 5 | But why should Oxford be so coy about a man who may turn out to be one of its most distinguished alumni ? |
| 6 | But first there are further instructions about how the Passover is to be celebrated , who may join in , and where it is to take place . |
| 7 | Each department head has the support of several junior ministers , known as ministers of state or under-secretaries , who may take on particular responsibilities for specific policy areas . |
| 8 | And many whispered of witchcraft ; and some , in very low voices and in trusted company , said that the judgment of God was sometimes miscalled the malice of the devil , by those who must pass off their devil as God . |
| 9 | It 's a place you 'd be happy to leave , unless you 're a Garrimpero who must head back to work . |
| 10 | But in this sense , creativity of the writer also requires creativity from the reader , who must fill in the gaps of sense with an associative logic of his own . |
| 11 | But they looked miserably cowed , a sight calculated to dispirit their colleagues who must fight on . |
| 12 | Ten millennia of history will have been sacrificed to a crop of little taste and to gardeners who must keep up with the Joneses . |
| 13 | — a few hundred quid a year — what right have Tory Members to talk about pensioners who must get by on about £56 a week ? |
| 14 | A counsel was held lots were who should walk up to the master after supper that evening and ask for more , it fell Oliver Twist |
| 15 | As we were standing still at the frontier — you know , nonchalant , nervous , not showing it — the compartment door opens and who should walk in ? |
| 16 | So there they were , Vinkelkopf and Stu , lording it at Squire 's or Squires ' Wine Bar as the case may be , when who should step in but some vieille flamme of Herr Vinkel 's , and this Fräulein had in tow none other than what turned out to be our own dear Gillian . |
| 17 | This brings us to our final issue : who should carry out curriculum review ? |
| 18 | While we were in Poona we bought darling Sally because Rachel had become rather afraid of dogs , and while we were there who should turn up one day but dear old Madriya — he had come out of Burma on foot with his wife and daughter — he carried my old sewing machine for some time ! |
| 19 | And when I was offered a publicity interview who should turn up but Mr Branagh . |
| 20 | CAIRNS for Franklyn Stephenson , who should work off some of his frustration to Sussex 's considerable advantage , will not be an immediate gain . |
| 21 | Who should clean up old dumps ? |
| 22 | David Gower , Jack Russell , Mark Ilott and Mark Lathwell are among those who should come back into contention for Lord 's . |
| 23 | But the next day , afore I 'd gotten fettled up — for indeed , miss , I 'd no heart to sweeping an' fettling , an' washing pots ; so I sat me down i' th' muck — who should come in but Maister Weston ! |
| 24 | From the start , there was much confusion about who should come out on strike to support the miners . |
| 25 | As I dragged reluctantly along past Mrs Smith 's house who should come out , deep in conversation with Mrs Smith , but my Dad . |
| 26 | Sarella had never faced the awkwardness of the morning after , the problem of form — who should get up first , go to the bathroom first , offer the first kiss . |
| 27 | ‘ And , big-mouthed people need someone who 'll answer back to them . ’ |
| 28 | Today the man in charge outlined the sort of people who 'll make up the bulk of the 450-strong workforce . |
| 29 | They will also provide housekeepers who 'll step in and run the show bit of cooking , cleaning and sorting out the washing for around £35 a day . |
| 30 | They are not the only people who 'll miss out , there 'll be people at the lower end of the housing market who could afford to buy . |