Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Employers look for someone who will slot into the office culture , ’ says Shirley Coates , managing director of Bridford Career Management . |
| 2 | We 've been looking for someone who can cope with the 24-hours-a-day rock ‘ n ’ roll lifestyle . |
| 3 | On the other hand , Risk was seen as being a possible focus for dissent on the Board , as someone who would interfere with hard decisions that might have to be made about Distillers , and who would , therefore , behave in a more executive role than had been envisaged , rather than as a figurehead . |
| 4 | Er er and that they sit two hours doing e and exam you know for somebody who can watch at all . |
| 5 | I did n't want to place myself in the hands of someone who might insist on more than I was prepared to give . |
| 6 | But if you 're thinking of someone who would talk to you , forget both men . |
| 7 | AMNESTY members will receive £5.00 off top price tickets for any Monday-to-Thursday performance of Someone Who 'll Watch Over Me , a play about three Beirut hostages by Frank McGuinness . |
| 8 | Requests are often received from Doctors , Hospitals , Social Workers , or from a friend or neighbour who knows of someone who may benefit from the service . |
| 9 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
| 10 | Now if this sounds like it could be the kind of course you need call Action Line and they 'll put you in touch with the people at Fast Forward and once you 've got the training and the qualifications the next thing is the application form is n't it and you 've got details as well today of someone who can help with that have n't you ? |
| 11 | May I , once again , ask anyone who knows of someone who could benefit from a grant to please let us know . |
| 12 | Incidentally , mooning is n't one of my habits but for another canoeist to refer to the ‘ dork2 who owns a red Escort van is a rather nebulous description of someone who could fall into that category simply because he owns a red van and whose hobby happens to be canoeing — it makes one feel guilty without trial . |
| 13 | She had the air of one who might head for the pavement and start writhing at any minute . |
| 14 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 15 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 16 | The knowledge or vision of something which will occur in the future . |
| 17 | I wish you 'd think of something you would like for your birthday . |
| 18 | I wish you would think of something you would like for your birthday |
| 19 | Bridget Ewing has indicated her willingness to once again stand for re-election ; however if there are any nominations for this position will you please send them in to Hilda at the Office by 2nd April or as time is short and you know of anyone who would like to be proposed — please ring Hilda with her name BUT this must be followed up with written confirmation . |
| 20 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |
| 21 | Russian designers have certainly taken advantage of anything they could learn from the West . |
| 22 | ‘ The characters are like someone you would meet in the street , although they tend to be a bit more romantic . |
| 23 | You can look forward to some sort of land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of a view and , let's face it , the mountain will still be there when you come back . |
| 24 | That is unless it 's sold to the sort of person who blasts half of his land away to quarry gravel for motorways , like someone I can think of on the west coast . |
| 25 | By sailing along behind someone you can act as a human video and when your partner has finished his run you can mimic what he was doing . |
| 26 | The basic beginners ' board , like one you 'd find in a windsurfing school , is a hardy beast with excellent stability and durability . |
| 27 | ‘ Let's think about it some more — but it sounds like something we could go for . ’ |
| 28 | It looked like something you might see in a photograph of black New Orleans in the thirties . |
| 29 | The flickering patterns of the light made her face seem insubstantial ; like something you might glimpse in a dream but which , when you came closer or held a clear light up to see it better , would fade or change back to its true form . |
| 30 | The man who had severed his traditional local ties to live in the impersonal and anonymous city searched for something he could identify with , for new loyalties and attachments . |