ABSTRACT
Fielding T 3.24 Who should he be but the son of the squire? I Morris E 52 What should we find ... but this my son I Collins M 198 and, who should I see in the courtyard, but Mr. Begbie I Galsw Ca 23 Swithin approached his usual seat, who should be sitting there but Rozsil
used to indicate what in the past was destined (or looked upon as destined) to happen in the future; nowadays the same idea (after-past, see 1.1) is generally expressed by means of was to with the infinitive.
