Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] [vb past] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In extreme cases , the same description was applied to someone who came from a distant village . |
| 2 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton may have been relieved , after the turmoil of Bedford Gardens , to find himself sharing with someone who came from a similar background . |
| 3 | As someone who came from a happy , steady home , she might be able to offer help in some small way to some of these disadvantaged youngsters , a few of whom hardly know what it is to be loved at all . |
| 4 | A similar gender difference was apparent in the time spent helping someone who lived in a separate household ; here 32 per cent of women but only 22 per cent of men spent ten hours or more each week on care-giving ( Green , 1988 , p. 21 ) . |
| 5 | At last I had everything I needed except a special kind of salt . |
| 6 | Or , if not the wrong thing , then something which touched upon a sensitive area . |
| 7 | One which looked like a ringed plover but with a brown tinge to its less contrasty plumage turned out to be greater sand plover , which breeds on the desert plains of Mongolia . |
| 8 | On the Von Neumann computer the only conditional jump instruction was one which tested for a non-negative value in the accumulator . |
| 9 | Silas ignored the comment and went out to the car to collect her case , returning with a particularly large one which hinted of a lengthy stay . |
| 10 | The haiku was one which ended with a downward cut , followed by a single outward thrust . |
| 11 | Chess allowed her to do something she liked in a social setting . |