Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In stores like Harvey Nichols and Joseph they rarely use tags , which is even better Everyone I know nicks from shops . |
| 2 | born in Church Street I , I was only one , there were no brothers or sisters which for the record , I regret because all around me I had cousins , dozens of them and erm the families round me was big families and it was the , there was er times when it was bad weather or something like that and you could n't congregate outside , you 'd go to somebody 's house , are you coming ? |
| 3 | Now it seems to me I accept difficulties f for , for some people , but on the whole it 's working quite well and to shuffle it all round again I think would irritate a large number of members and we 're irritated by the changes that you made earlier on and I would n't wish to bring any down on your your head for the |
| 4 | One of the officials with whom I had dealings was John Hampden , who years later was to become a colleague ; but although he did his best to be co-operative , it was the men who held the purse-strings that counted , and , going between the MOI and Faber 's , I could not extract from officialdom any commitment and Eliot naturally needed certain specific undertakings regarding finance before Faber 's could think of commissioning a book , which also needed the Ministry 's imprimatur . |
| 5 | Instead of the usual friendly salutations , he scuttled away down the alleyway to sell his information to men like Waller and others to whom I owed debts . |
| 6 | I see alright well or I I invite members of the jury , the council wants to address me on some point of law which need n't concern you , so if you take a short break please . |
| 7 | I I like cats better than dogs because |
| 8 | I I have feelings about it , I I I mean , my , generally my experience I do n't know I have n't discussed with other members but er , when I the panel that I er , allocated to erm and I was telephoned , could a make , and certain dates were made and I finally made one then I was told , oh no that 's not convenient ! |
| 9 | Absolutely , absolutely , but I mean , I I ship goods out of this country into the continent and further afield , erm , rail is just not an option that I can consider . |
| 10 | These ‘ groundbreaking enhancement techniques ’ were devised by a museum educator with a taste for Jungian psychology , in consultation with a team comprising a cognitive scientist , someone described as ‘ representing the field of environmental psychology ’ ( the study of how our surroundings affect us ) , and a Jungian depth psychologist ( ‘ someone who helps visitors draw on both conscious and unconscious experiences with the artworks ’ ) . |
| 11 | That 's a tale for someone who tells tales . |
| 12 | Around half know of someone who uses drugs . |
| 13 | You may view yourself as a ‘ straight talker ’ — someone who uses words sparingly and appropriately to convey significant messages . |
| 14 | A journalist is someone who hears shouts from a river , rushes up and asks , ‘ Are you all right ? ’ |
| 15 | The driver 's nephew , whose mother was also killed , said his aunt was not someone who took risks . |
| 16 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 17 | Biff Tundrish was someone who bashes piles of turds . |
| 18 | Someone who relays messages and passes on little notes . |
| 19 | Conran is first and foremost an entrepreneur , who lives up magnificently to his own definition of what such a person should be : someone who takes risks after carefully assessing the opportunities available to him . |
| 20 | In the words of F. H. Bradley — someone who held views similar in many respects to Oakeshott — if we abstract those features which result from social context the exercise becomes ‘ a theoretical attempt to isolate what can not be isolated ’ . |
| 21 | But he believes the attacker 's someone who knows horses . |
| 22 | When they get to the hotel have someone to greet them , someone who knows names , and can help with transport , luggage , the pre-registration formalities . |
| 23 | It 's very difficult to find someone who draws or paints with passion , someone who makes monuments , who 's just honestly in love with what they 're observing . |
| 24 | FROM THE LONGMAN REGISTER OF NEW WORDS : advance man noun someone who makes arrangements for visits and appearances by an eminent person , and goes in advance to ensure that they proceed smoothly . |
| 25 | Prolonged contact with someone who has scabies is the most likely method of transmission . |
| 26 | or C , something with , some , someone who has testicles |
| 27 | The one with X , Y chromosome , someone who pees standing up , someone who has testicles ? |
| 28 | Someone who believes that abortion is murder will think that the checkerboard abortion statute produces more injustice than outright prohibition and less than outright license ; someone who believes women have a right to abortion reverses these judgments . |
| 29 | The self-employed person may be , for example , a doctor , a dentist , a window cleaner , someone who repairs cars , or an independent subcontractor . |
| 30 | Someone who buys goods having more than one common use or who wants goods for an abnormal purpose will not benefit from section 14(3) unless the seller was expressly informed of the particular purpose for which they were required . |