Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] who would [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 2 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 3 | Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege . |
| 4 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 5 | He 'd not leave it to someone who would turn it over . |
| 6 | Alternatively , the duke might give the post to someone who would take it in order to oblige the town council of Glasgow , perhaps even a member of that council , or one of the town 's lawyers . |
| 7 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 8 | Oliver was led away to be locked up , and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work . |
| 9 | Another Halket satire : ‘ A dialogue between the Devil and George II ’ , an imaginary , scurrilous discussion which did nothing for King George 's reputation , so incensed his son , Butcher Cumberland , that he offered £100 reward to anyone who would bring him Halket 's body . |
| 10 | Nor have I any wish to see him caught by one who would drag him back to the city lights . ’ |