Example sentences of "[verb] who [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would they also know who would want to kill him and why ? |
| 2 | ‘ Does anyone know who might have done this to her ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know who could have done this . ’ |
| 4 | They have managed to sell some of the statues though I ca n't think who 'd want to buy them . |
| 5 | At that time the bones of a saint were important : the Abbeys would vie with each other to see who could claim to have the best holy relics , because bones performed miracles , which brought in the visitors . ’ |
| 6 | We have begun to ask the Lord and ask the church to send out workers into this particular harvest field with the aim of finding out what needs there are in the area , offering practical help from house to house and seeing who would like to consider following Jesus . |
| 7 | I mean who would have thought that Tranmere would have lost four nil ? |
| 8 | You know , breathe that smells of moth balls , I mean who would have thought of that . |
| 9 | Now this is rather a banal claim I suppose that erm the proper function of government is to manage things well , I mean who would have doubted that , but the other claim that governments , one of the roles of governments is to improve the citizens is more surprising , particularly for a liberal view and there 's a more standard liberal position now would be that the moral well-being citizens is not a proper matter of governmental concern . |
| 10 | Well I mean who 'd want to take that on , you know ! |
| 11 | He continued to stare at the ground as she added , ‘ I 'm just wondering who might have had a motive for killing him . ’ |
| 12 | He stared at the signature , wondering who could have sent it ? |
| 13 | They looked about them , wondering who could have spoken . |
| 14 | We all know who will have to pay , and that is the pilots . |
| 15 | And , ’ his eyes brightened mischievously with reawakening energy , ‘ I know who 'd love to use my ticket . ’ |
| 16 | In the second and third examples , it also reflects the practical difficulties of the potentially very large number of parties affected who might want to make representations . |
| 17 | We sat right down by the ashes of a fire , and I looked at them , and I did n't wonder who could have made them . |
| 18 | ( Without a cover sheet , there was no knowing who might have read it or seen it . ) |
| 19 | You could never tell who might have seen you . |
| 20 | We 've let five people go who would have joined for another two grand |
| 21 | It is a long way from the " careership " proposals of the CBI and a long way , too , from the systematic manner in which those parties argue who would wish to see TECs as the regulators of training and as the godfather of the careers service . |
| 22 | If you ask a question to the group who 's intending who can tend to ask for it ? |
| 23 | We had to work out a short monologue in the voice of a character , and then afterwards we sat around and were asked who would volunteer to stand up and read their piece . |
| 24 | I wonder who would have mourned . |
| 25 | Challenging the child via an element of competition often works : ‘ I wonder who can get dressed first ? ’ or ‘ I bet you ca n't put on your own shoes ’ will often motivate children to comply without their realizing . |
| 26 | Neither Mala not I bothered to ask who could have done it . |
| 27 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 28 | Let's let's let's ask who would like to vote on it now then . |