Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Who could hear me ? ’ asked Lydia crossly . |
| 32 | " It 's the only place I 'll be , 'cept here , and there 's no one round about these parts who 'd want me . " |
| 33 | Well , you give the impression of a a faction in the party , now I could , I could serve this faction quite easily to Mike who 'd give me a lot of say if I said , you know , th the the plot thickens , you know , here 's a town |
| 34 | ‘ In my teens , I 'd always end up with women who 'd tell me they liked me as a friend but , actually , they wanted to shag my best friend . |
| 35 | Do you think you could find anyone in your village who 'd take me in for that ? |
| 36 | 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 , |
| 37 | ‘ Who would send me all these roses ? ’ |
| 38 | Someone who would love me , whom I could love . |
| 39 | This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw . |
| 40 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 41 | The opening ‘ The Basement ’ is most disturbing , Blood explaining what can happen when your parents go away for a few months and leave you with your crippled sister : ‘ It started out with spankings with the neighbour looking on/She paid her daughter 's boyfriend who would whip me all night long … ’ |
| 42 | Who would sack me ? |
| 43 | ‘ I was really lucky because I had a really great mother who would expose me to a lot of really great things . |
| 44 | I surveyed the scene around me and vowed that when I grew up I would marry a rich man who would carry me away from all this noise and squalor . |
| 45 | There are countless fans who would feel I am singularly unqualified to write about pain and football . |
| 46 | Who would want me now ? |
| 47 | Neither was I to know that I should indeed one fine day have a son who would make me very proud of him at the ‘ Other Place ’ , but that it would be from green eyes that the light of intelligence and wit would shine . |
| 48 | As Dana Gillespie recalls , ‘ I 'm sure everyone 's got a different version of it , and I really did n't witness any rows , but I would often hear from my assistant who would tell me he 'd just come back from MainMan offices and the door was closed into DeFries 's inner sanctum , and there were raised voices between David and him in there . |
| 49 | When I asked where I should send the woman I was told to contact the neurosurgical bed manager , who would tell me which ward to send her to . |
| 50 | I can not borrow that amount of money because I 'm already overdrawn and I do n't know anybody who would lend me any . |
| 51 | Undeterred by an evasive reply , he told me he could even provide a reliable guide who would conduct me across the border . |
| 52 | Who would guess I 'm gonny be |
| 53 | And that 's the kind who would bore me stiff within the week . ’ |
| 54 | She 'd mentioned someone who would help me , but I saw only Shadwell ahead of me . |
| 55 | In October of this year I would like to hold another sale to raise £1,000 for Breast Cancer Research and would like to ask you readers if they would help me once again by donating one item no matter how small , or if they have some spare yarn but not time to knit it up and would like to donate the yarn I have some people who would help me to knit it . |
| 56 | Who would help me this time ? |
| 57 | Security and my creature comforts were cared for by a dry-cleaners on the street level ; a cafe on the first floor that would send me up something on a tray when I came home late and tired ; a retired beautician on the second floor who would revive me with an evening ‘ facial ’ ; while the grocer round the corner saw to it that my larder was replenished for my homecomings . |
| 58 | Who would believe me ? |
| 59 | Who would believe me ? |
| 60 | ‘ And who would believe me ? ’ |