Example sentences of "[pron] who [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Luke was like someone who 'd seen a vision of the Holy Grail — completely obsessed . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He asked her not to remember him as a bad man but as someone who had made a mistake . |
| 5 | But quite often grown-ups do n't know how to deal with someone who 's lost a partner |
| 6 | someone who 's done a streak from a sauna to outdoors in the South Pole , mm , that 's enough to turn your nibbles on |
| 7 | Yeah , I 'll probably think of someone who 's got a burner . |
| 8 | Being in a gallery as a secretary , I eventually met someone who wanted to start a gallery with me . |
| 9 | When you meet the likes of Mabel Brigge , you quickly recognise someone who has made a pact with Satan and acquired occult powers ! |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Going to ‘ day care ’ may involve too early a start for someone who has become a night owl while living alone . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Offenders who are mentally disordered suffer the stigma of being labelled as both ‘ mad ’ and ‘ bad ’ , although for centuries it has been recognized that some people have diminished responsibility for their actions as a result of mental abnormality and that punishment and retribution , usually demanded by society of someone who has committed a crime , should be dispensed with in favour of providing humane care and treatment . |
| 16 | Pick someone who wants to fight a seat to get experience . |
| 17 | And yet Maurice appeared to be almost proud , because Harry was not a customer , but somebody who had demanded a favour and given nothing in return . |
| 18 | you know a red flower pot plant for somebody who 's got a ruby wedding this weekend , but there 's nothing up there , not much at all , Azalea 's are sort of all off you know |
| 19 | And I pick it up and it says Loughborough Building Society and you can see about half a percent er premium rate on fifty thousand pounds , and you think that might be worth going for , for , for somebody who 's got a lot of capital , but is it really , because if you 've got fifty thousand in there , you are at risk . |
| 20 | I mean we must all know somebody who 's had a heart attack , a stroke , cancer etcetera , etcetera . |
| 21 | By opportunities for learning that can be at depth , about learning about ourselves , but also the practical things like what do you say to a child whose father 's come back mutilated from war erm how do you write a letter to a bereaved person , and I think children I mean they are capable of doing this , I 've seen it with my own children , with some help they 're able to express quite deep emotions , you know , to somebody who 's had a bereavement , and if they can learn that now , you know , it 's going to be a lot easier later on . |
| 22 | ‘ Everyone who enrolled got a number . |
| 23 | At all times , almost everyone who had seen a poll noticed that the Conservatives were top , but perceptions of which party was in second place varied sharply . |
| 24 | EVERYONE who has played a part in the remarkable reduction in the number of deaths due to drink-driving deserves to be congratulated . |
| 25 | It may be for everyone who comes to buy a ticket , but those who do choose to go are a small minority of the population . |
| 26 | After some discussion we have decided to open two separate funds which we hope will give everyone who wishes to make a donation a choice . |
| 27 | For those of you who write using a word processor editing software is now available which can draw attention to defects in your writing style . |
| 28 | Anselm sought papal advice with the ardour of one who desired to obey a father , but his knowledge of papal decisions and of the development of papal policy could scarcely have been more meagre . |
| 29 | Add to this that she was a vain woman with a streak of snobbery , but one who had made a friend of Alice Fernie ( who herself was unlikely to pick her friends haphazardly ) ; that she was a man-hunting , high-life-loving girl who had shown no desire to keep up her connection with her old stamping-grounds ; and finally , that she apparently received obscene letters with equanimity , merely folding them up and putting them away like love-letters sentimentally preserved ; add all these things together and you had a woman who was as incomprehensible as women traditionally are . |
| 30 | Especially when after one who had seduced a mother of three , and had got what he wanted , threatened her by blackmail of telling a brutal husband about this if she did not continue the association . |