Example sentences of "man who [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fanny Burney said to Johnson that Shakespeare ‘ could never have seen a Caliban ’ , and Johnson told her that having seen a man Shakespeare knew how to vary one ; ‘ A man who would draw a monstrous cow , must first know what a cow commonly is ; or how can he tell that to give her an ass 's head or an elephant 's tusk will make her monstrous ? ’ |
| 2 | He came across for what he is : a caring , efficient , moral man who would lead a caring , efficient , moral government . |
| 3 | He looked like a man who would sign a mean death certificate . |
| 4 | In a PR booklet published at £15.00 ( but given free to opinion makers and decision takers ) called ‘ Sunshine Miners ’ the Surface Miners Prayer says it all , ‘ Lord , remind the man who would move a mountain to remove the small stones of public opinion first … |
| 5 | She was not going to dig up ancient grievances or remind Gloria of days gone by , when she used to come into the Watermen with half a dozen different gentlemen-friends in tow or , which was even worse , unaccompanied and on the look-out for a lonely man who might take a fancy to her . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I 'm the kind of man who ought to have a working wife . ’ |
| 7 | The suit had been tailored for him in London , at a cost of some one hundred and fifty guineas — not by Edouard de Chavigny 's own tailors , Gieves of Savile Row , but by another man who could do a cheaper , and passable , imitation . |
| 8 | One man who could have a busy day on Sunday if he drops in on the above conference will be Michael Billington , the theatre critic of The Guardian . |
| 9 | Ackland seems the sort of man who could hammer a nail in with his clenched teeth so he never begins to look like a tentative nonentity . |
| 10 | Well , we had one man who could cut a truss of hay almost to a pound . |
| 11 | " For a man who can catch a gibbon in a Ming vase it will be child 's play . " |
| 12 | A man who can read a woman 's mind . |
| 13 | ‘ There are n't many men who would attack a woman on the street but there are plenty who would attack their wife or partner in the privacy of their own home , ’ says Shirley Tulloch of the Community Affairs Branch of the Metropolitan Police . |
| 14 | Owen had borrowed for the day some skilled police trackers , men who could follow a trail , or a man , even through the crowded streets of Cairo . |