Example sentences of "one [Wh pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being unmarried , Louis-Napoleon had no one who would automatically become hostess and so he invited his cousin , Princess Mathilde Bonaparte , to act as his official ‘ wife ’ . |
| 2 | Possibly he 'd reached the stage of being one who would merely use them for his own ends — especially his sex life . |
| 3 | There was no attempt to glamorise her visually but by words and performance she really did become that desirable lady , one who would indeed swim naked with a Greek boatman . |
| 4 | " It sounds a good idea , " said Reggie in a judicial way ; one who would always welcome congresses , discussions , any manifestations of the democratic process . |
| 5 | But to get Antichrist that we 've got to d wh where a Is the one who might even proclaim the gospel to us but you know perfectly well there 's something wrong with |
| 6 | Not just any portrait painter , either , but one who might possibly end up as part of the family and on whom it was therefore important to make a good impression . |
| 7 | A ‘ good ’ guest , one who 'll really deliver the goods , has to play the game . |
| 8 | Whereas Meh'Lindi … she 's the one who will presently cause this old woman 's heart to stop . |
| 9 | Poor Lamont wears the haunted air of one who will forever require snookers to stay in the game . |
| 10 | Tony is the one who will definitely jump up and fucking , but I tell him to fuck off ! |
| 11 | ‘ And I should have realised that you 'd be the one who could only see the thing from one angle , ’ he retorted harshly . |
| 12 | ‘ You are the only one who could possibly make me happy . ’ |
| 13 | An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point . |