Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] [modal v] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , being kept awake by a sufferer who can not sleep having to be continually watchful of someone who may do dangerous things , and having to cope with continual questioning or aggression may become unbearable . |
| 2 | We did six tracks with Chris , but we did n't gel with him at all , we needed someone who could offer more inspiration . |
| 3 | We needed magic , to resolve significance from what surrounded us , which scarcely permitted contemplation : we needed someone godlike — someone who could turn this world around . |
| 4 | If the main stumbling block is how you present yourself try to find someone who will practise mock interviews with you , concentrating on any problem areas the checklist has helped to reveal . |
| 5 | He possessed just enough self-control to continue his gentle stroking of her , but both his arms now held her , and almost without her willing it McAllister 's crept around his neck , and unconsciously they sank , from their sitting position , on to the bed , to lie with McAllister 's head on the pillow , Dr Neil 's by her , he careful to lie still , to do nothing which might suggest any kind of bodily union . |
| 6 | Somebody was out of town for two days , he explained , somebody who would block any proposal for her release as a matter of course . |
| 7 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 8 | Somebody who used to live next door to you , so it must have been Hartsett Close then . |
| 9 | Everyone knew that a breaking point had to come ; and everyone who could took extraordinary measures to protect himself . |
| 10 | It is not everyone who can enjoy such home cooking . ’ |
| 11 | When I 've finished this one I 'll have one side left |
| 12 | Perhaps the most influential position in epistemology is the one I shall call classical foundationalism . |
| 13 | It was something that had to be done at the same time as teaching , and was seen more , I suppose , as a chore rather than as something which would have any sort of positive spin-off for us . |
| 14 | Excitement mounted ; in her memoirs Princess Marie Louise quotes Sir Edwin Lutyens as saying , ‘ Let us devise and design for all time something which will enable future generations to see how a king and queen of England lived in the twentieth century , and what authors , artists and craftsmen of note there were during their reign . ’ |
| 15 | Your mag is the only one which would print such criticism about itself , and your mag is the only one which will respond to the criticism written about it ! |
| 16 | Was it to establish a quasi-religious movement , one of such moral earnestness as would in the minds of the Owens among the Owenites exercise a compelling influence for beneficial change , one which would establish first alternative and exemplary societies where amity and reason would prevail , and hence would point inevitably to the creation of a co-operative commonwealth ? |
| 17 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 18 | this moment is one which will separate some part |
| 19 | The point of all this is that the personality of the individual who chooses to learn sign language must therefore be one which can resolve these tensions or pressures from the community and invoke sufficient motivation to ensure success . |
| 20 | A more common method today , however ( because it is much quicker , often cheaper and one which can give certain security even before contracts to sell are exchanged ) , is the insurance indemnity policy issued on payment of a single premium . |
| 21 | A slightly more complex form of the crime short story , and one which can pay considerable dividends in reader enjoyment , is what one might call the plain puzzle story with a solution coming from cunning detective work , both by the sleuth and the reader . |
| 22 | The weaker way is to say simply that although there is a radical and obvious difference between the two hypotheses , it is not one which could make any difference to you , and so that you can be exempted from paying any attention to it . |
| 23 | This option allows a measure of latitude to opt for jury trial on indictment to a person accused of a more serious offence , or one which could have profound effects on him if found guilty . |
| 24 | That is one reason for looking at a certain objection , that our conception of such connection is not fundamental to , or pervasive in , a certain body of knowledge and speculation , one which must have some pride of place in any informed view of reality . |
| 25 | If you were a tortoise or a beetle or something you might get some return … ’ |
| 26 | The local council in Banbury have just recently passed the planning application for the Coca Cola canning plant there , is this something you would welcome given problems with pollution up in Banbury anyway , before ? |
| 27 | , ’ If the quotation is a common one you could acknowledge this fact but turn it into a plus , ‘ We all know the lovely poem by John Masefield , which you can never tire of hearing , ( Pause ) ‘ I must go down to the seas |
| 28 | So if you can get one you will have two chances of being paid instead of one . |
| 29 | If there was one she could plant these seeds . |
| 30 | ‘ I also know I 'm the only one who can make those fires burn . ’ |