Example sentences of "to [pron] [Wh pn] [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | They were offering free accommodation and food to someone who would do what they described as a little gentle housework . |
2 | He 'd not leave it to someone who would turn it over . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Some people will wish to enquire in person and to speak to someone who can answer their questions . |
5 | Personally , I would much rather just give it away to someone who can handle it if I could find them . |
6 | Your GP and your health visitor are sources of help , and can arrange suitable treatment , or refer you to someone who can help you . |
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 | Mr William Waldegrave , Britain 's cabinet minister in charge of science , has offered a bottle of decent champagne to one who can tell him why the Higgs boson is worth finding ( see page 781 ) . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | But it may be observed that the general movement of culture offers little support to anyone who would pin his hopes for the future of man as a spiritual being on this kind of natural religion . |
12 | The locusts are available to anyone who 'd like them , especially schools |
13 | The period opened with the usual resistance from the inhabitants , who dug an open grave for William Fairchild , the surveyor of King 's Sedgemoor , and announced ‘ a reward of a hogshead of cider … to anyone who could catch him ’ . |
14 | In the space of a few years , Zurich plans to complete its switch from selling standard products ( such as property , motor and accident insurance ) to anyone who will buy them to fashioning customised insurance packages for specific groups . |