Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 When trying to guess where someone went when I missed him at the airport I do not imagine his thoughts , I try to imagine his situation as someone like him would see it , and think ; if he tells me he has just learned he has cancer I may hear in imagination the doctor 's grave voice , but I do not imagine the fear , I feel the chill of it ; if I see him cut his finger I do not imagine the pain as something objective before my ‘ mind 's eye ’ , either I look on as though the knife were cutting through cheese or I incipiently wince .
2 For example , anyone presenting someone to her should give her half the story : ‘ This is so-and-so .
3 Later in 1987 , the picture surfaced in London , being peddled around to various dealers , none of whom would touch it .
4 You go into the bedroom , checking the position of the mirrors ; none of them ought to show you to anybody in the bathroom .
5 The fact that none of them could decipher it matters not at all .
6 If there were enough of them , none of them would dare to pin him down , none of them could claim she was anything special .
7 But of course he did n't and none of them could see what he felt like .
8 As Linda Nochlin said , ‘ Not all women artists are feminists ; not all feminist artists wish to incorporate their feminist identity into their art works , and certainly , even if some of them do , none of them will do it in the same way ’ .
9 None of them can surpass you when it comes to interpreting a dream , ’ Myra said loyally , and Claudia managed to laugh .
10 And , they 'll keep your hands warm cos none of you 'll keep your gloves on will you ?
11 ‘ You chose me to deal with the dog because none of you would do it , ’ Anabelle answered .
12 But none of you will know my friend over here whose name is Donald .
13 I was surprised that Burns did not explain that none of us could wash our faces or hands because the water had been frozen .
14 ‘ We actually should have gone to Edinburgh in November to receive the award but as we are all volunteers none of us could make it , ’ said Jean Reid , secretary of Islay and Jura Community Enterprise .
15 The trouble was that none of us could understand it .
16 None of us could find anything that would shift it however much elbow grease we used .
17 None of us can accompany him without arousing suspicion , ’ Murtach pointed out .
18 And none of us can slow it down .
19 None of us can remember everyone we 've met , everything we 've done , and yet most can store away in their memory the things that we want to remember .
20 You 've obviously got to jog our memories a little further cos none of us can remember it .
21 We 've got a fight on our hands , and whether we agree with Oscar 's methods or not — and just for the record , I do n't — surely none of us can doubt his integrity . ’
22 But if we are all determined by a grand unified theory , none of us can help what we do , so why should anyone be held responsible fur what they do ?
23 ‘ But none of us can believe we are out of the FA Cup .
24 One royal worker said : ‘ None of us can believe it .
25 Is it Friend ? thought Chesarynth , sure that something about him would give himself away .
26 The fact that you have thought things through instead of just feeling totally inadequate and that you are trying to do something about it should help you feel more positive .
27 Erm now next week you were saying something about you 'd like one on Easter Monday , I wo n't actually be here .
28 Each one of them will know what it means to take up the challenge year after year of a yet higher fund raising target . ’
29 This means that each one of them must know what human experience they each must share when it comes to the time of evocation .
30 Here the world of the mind that I build will not be same as another man builds ; each one of us must build his own world of I and Thou .
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