Example sentences of "[pron] who [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not remind him that it was I who had replaced the newspaper with mended panes and the sacking with curtains . |
| 2 | Of course , ’ he added with a twisted smile , ‘ it was n't until your last day in the office that I realised you were under the impression that it was I who 'd had the affair with Elise . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd promised myself not even to think about Julie Burchill again , let alone mention her ( yeah , right on , Camille , we 're rootin' for ya ) , but I must say that I agree with her that the Best of Young British list would have improved by the addition of an American and someone who 'd written a non-fiction book about football . |
| 4 | Luke was like someone who 'd seen a vision of the Holy Grail — completely obsessed . ’ |
| 5 | The police had been called by someone who 'd spotted the flames . |
| 6 | Police hunting the killer of seven-year-old , Nikki Allen , in Sunderland , want to question a mystery woman caller who claimed to know someone who 'd committed a murder . |
| 7 | Francesca made it sound like someone who came to clean the telephone . |
| 8 | Most importantly , we began to realise that an expert was someone who understood what they were talking about , not someone who had become an expert in regurgitating things that other people had taught them . |
| 9 | When he did get up to go to the room he looked like someone who had lost the train of thought he had set out on and had emptied himself into blankness , aware only that he was still somehow present . |
| 10 | He asked her not to remember him as a bad man but as someone who had made a mistake . |
| 11 | In discussing identity formation at adolescence , Erikson posits that it is partly ‘ dependent on the process by which a society ( often through subsocieties ) identifies the young individual , recognising him as someone who had to become the way he is and who , being the way he is , is taken for granted . |
| 12 | But quite often grown-ups do n't know how to deal with someone who 's lost a partner |
| 13 | someone who 's done a streak from a sauna to outdoors in the South Pole , mm , that 's enough to turn your nibbles on |
| 14 | ‘ These firms want people with a more general practice background , who can talk to their clients in their own language , not someone who 's done the audit for three large plcs . ’ |
| 15 | Yeah , I 'll probably think of someone who 's got a burner . |
| 16 | Someone who 's had the courage who knowing that what they were saying was upsetting powerful people , still taking that risk and saying what they felt to be true and just ? |
| 17 | The fact he can sit in a room with someone who claims to see the spirits of his loved ones around him brings great comfort , not fright . |
| 18 | Being in a gallery as a secretary , I eventually met someone who wanted to start a gallery with me . |
| 19 | At present , road blocks can only be set if the police have reasonable grounds for believing a serious offence is about to be committed , or if they are searching for someone who intends to commit an offence . |
| 20 | When you meet the likes of Mabel Brigge , you quickly recognise someone who has made a pact with Satan and acquired occult powers ! |
| 21 | This might be an understandable reaction in someone who has endured an afternoon of flag and whistle , but it misses the point of why the law was framed . |
| 22 | But what of the expectation of life of someone who has reached the age of forty ? |
| 23 | In addition , being termed ‘ skilled ’ often simply means that the worker is carrying out a job traditionally performed by someone who has undertaken an apprenticeship and is therefore a craft worker by training . |
| 24 | It is easy enough to see how someone , especially someone who has suffered a childhood of poverty , can be led to a fear of emptiness , of not getting enough to eat , of starvation itself , and so in later life to stave off or compensate for such a fear . |
| 25 | I do so as a grateful tribute to someone who has liberated the study of non-verbal communication from the dead hand of ethological reductionism . |
| 26 | Going to ‘ day care ’ may involve too early a start for someone who has become a night owl while living alone . |
| 27 | It is not that she 's a political animal , just someone who has seen a lot of beautiful places in the world ; feels very fortunate to be in such a privileged position because of her successful TV and recording career , and so wants to put a bit back into a world which has so far been very kind to her . ’ |
| 28 | There must be someone who has seen the kings and will tell me which way to go . ’ |
| 29 | As someone who has championed the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s , I give a warm personal welcome to my hon. Friend 's statement , which I believe to be in exactly the right direction . |
| 30 | To understand the importance of mobility , just think of someone who has broken a leg and has had to endure a plaster cast for several weeks . |