Example sentences of "man who [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roy looked much more solid — the kind of man who would sit silently through what she had to say , listen to Purdy 's probing , then corner her with a single , well-informed comment . |
| 2 | Though not an out-and-out cheapskate , he was thought the kind of man who would try to squeeze a shilling into a pound by whatever means . |
| 3 | One man who would sacrifice all his prize money for the year just to win the Wimbledon Singles Crown that has eluded him is Ivan Lendl , and the tension clearly showed when he lost to the Canadian Grant Connell in windy , dark , and damp conditions in the Stella Artois Championship at Queen 's Club . |
| 4 | It emerges that Michael Knighton , the man who would be Manchester United chairman , is seeking help to salvage his attempted £20m takeover . |
| 5 | As the campaign developed Kinnock 's image as a man who would stand up to the USSR declined throughout the electorate , even amongst Labour supporters , though it declined slightly more amongst Conservative supporters . |
| 6 | He projected himself as a man who would be worth listening to . |
| 7 | On this level of mere temperamental affinity ( not considering its truth or falsehood ) we feel Lewis to be a man who would be most happy in Christian garb . |
| 8 | On the strength of this exchange , Lewis realized that Havard would be a man who would enjoy meeting some of the people who had taken to dropping into his rooms at Magdalen on Thursday evenings . |
| 9 | Yul : The Man Who Would Be King is published by Collins , £15. for tabloid arts p 19 |
| 10 | So it was that the eight of us ended up , kit gleaming in the spring sunshine , awaiting the arrival of the man who would diagnose our ills , administer a local anaesthetic and set us on the road to perfect health . |
| 11 | His vestigial liberalism or compassion persuaded him to resist the introduction of the poll tax for nurses and other deserving persons — but the Whips knew him as a man who would always toe the lobby line with a specious ministerial assurance , such as Nicolas Ridley 's promised poll tax rebate of £130 millions . |
| 12 | If some have found his wicket-keeping style too flashy , others see it as artistic ; he is a naturally graceful man who would be hard put to look clumsy . |
| 13 | William Whitelaw 's brother officers in the Scots Guards included , for example , a future Archbishop of Canterbury , a future Lord Chamberlain , the man who would become Moderator of the Church of Scotland , the future chairman of United Biscuits and five lord lieutenants as well as the Home Secretary : not bad for a single officers ' mess . |
| 14 | Election ‘ 92 : Smith squeezes faithful into schedule Jenny Shields follows the man who would be Chancellor |
| 15 | The man who would be Chancellor , and polished performer of the small screen , was on the stump in his own constituency and having fun . |
| 16 | A man who would not love his father 's grave is worse than a wild animal . |
| 17 | The overall effect is that the morally indefensible opportunist appears as a very human figure , a man who would have liked to have had his cake and eaten it and who , forced to make choices , alternates between self-congratulation and a sense of self-betrayal . |
| 18 | He looked like a man who would sign a mean death certificate . |
| 19 | And the body of the Cid was prepared after this manner : first it was embalmed and anointed as the history hath already recounted , and the virtue of the balsam and myrrh was such that the flesh remained firm and fair , having its natural colour , and his countenance as it was wont to be , and the eyes open , and his long beard in order , so that there was not a man who would have thought him dead if he had seen him and not known it . |
| 20 | But when the chips are down and he 's feeling blue , Charlie sees himself as ‘ The Maryhill Hermit ’ , a victim of his public image , and a man who would rather have a quiet night with the wife than a night out with the wild bunch . |
| 21 | There was to be a review for them , when any man who would like to go back to France would be sent back by a route through Marseilles , and he would provide for any man who wished to serve with his newly formed force , the Free French . |
| 22 | It would be a brave man who would claim that these ideas were unrealistic given the availability of cheap computer power . |
| 23 | Ben Johnson was getting closer to the man who would be his great rival , winning the bronze behind Sam Graddy but ahead of two British sprinters , Mike McFarlane and Donovan Reid . |
| 24 | ‘ Here 's a man who would like to hear your story ! ’ |
| 25 | And Sam was an exceedingly generous man who would frequently furnish the tables of his neighbours , including the Hauxwells , when they were ill or down on their luck . |
| 26 | Any man who would do this is certainly not committed to her , could not possibly be committed to godliness , therefore the whole basis of their relationship is shattered . |
| 27 | He looked like a man who would far sooner be spending the afternoon at home , doing his boxes and listening to Bach . |
| 28 | Trapped in the revolving world of afternoon TV , this is a man who would have quite happily recorded the LP from the comfort of his bed had they been able to fit it in the studio . |
| 29 | MARTY ROEBUCK might look like a man who would n't say ‘ boo ’ to a goose , but his slight frame hides a huge heart . |
| 30 | In fact , Gooch is known as a man who would never stray . |