Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minimising — accepting that there are problems but denying that they are of any great significance or that they necessarily have any connection with alcohol or drug use : " An alcoholic is someone who drinks more than I do . " |
| 2 | It is , however , committed equally by someone who identifies good with a supernatural property , such as tending to save the soul . |
| 3 | This can make all the difference to someone who feels unsafe alone at home or to partners or friends . |
| 4 | Try to find someone who feels right for you and your children . |
| 5 | Martell 's studies of the behaviour of radon decay products show that someone who smokes 20 cigarettes per day for 40 years has received a cumulative dose of about 100 rads at tissue sites in the lungs — a dose powerful enough to spark cancer . |
| 6 | Have you fallen into any obvious traps : failing to make a proper specification of the job requirements in the first place ; not having a really clear picture of the ideal candidate in your mind ; being swayed by an attractive and forceful personality ; doing more talking than listening ; looking for people with your own characteristics ; appointing someone who lacks some of the points you had decided were essential ; choosing the best of the bunch instead of rethinking ; rushing the interviews in circumstances which do not allow a proper conversation ? |
| 7 | And I think the police would be fairly sympathetic when I explain that I 'm trying to protect my wife from someone who sends sick , threatening letters . ’ |
| 8 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 9 | Some people , though , use humour constantly to avoid issues — see Chapter Five — and someone who does this will end up being regarded as class buffoon . ) |
| 10 | I might then ask him to look at his hands and see whether they are those of someone who does manual work or whether they seem to belong to a well-to-do person . |
| 11 | ‘ What good is half a house in the middle of Scotland to someone who spends all her time down in London ? ’ |
| 12 | Well , sex mainly , and the mistaken male view that women dream of having a wild and torrid fling in the afore-mentioned potting shed with someone who spends more time with mulch and manure than Gillette shower gel . |
| 13 | As someone who likes musical comedies to be comedies , the frivolity of this piece proved irresistible . |
| 14 | Exhilarating stuff , but a lot of the excitement comes , I suspect , from the sense of sitting alongside someone who understands such ideas rather than really grasping them yourself . |
| 15 | Take your word for it … but from someone who takes 5 mins to find a toilet when being told and it being right in front of them ; - ) ) ) ) |
| 16 | On the whole for someone who takes some interest in serious music it was a worthwhile and memorable experience . |
| 17 | Someone who gives this answer clearly takes it that in some cases it works , and we must not beg the question against him . |
| 18 | Then paste on a smile , go up to someone who looks shy and lonely and be the one to draw them out . |
| 19 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 20 | Someone who knows little about your business , and cares less than you do ? |
| 21 | Now I 'm someone who knows all about Lawrence and Lawrence is Art . ’ |
| 22 | To end my composition I would like to say this : a friend is someone who knows all your faults but still likes you in spite of them . |
| 23 | While I am happy to pass on what knowledge I have , I am always ready to listen to someone who knows more than me . |
| 24 | ‘ Crumble Hall ’ must be read not as a repudiation of established social and economic relations , but as the statement of someone who finds those relations violated or betrayed . |
| 25 | It is in the initial anticipation that the middle class will show respect that the bias lies , for where this deference is lacking , even from someone who appears middle class , a variant of the gouger typification comes into force . |
| 26 | How the hell do you jump on a Lucy , a lady , a Lucy , someone who appears fragile as glass , goes warm and soft like a trusting animal in your arms , then tough as steel with her polished NO — ? |
| 27 | The oldest book here is Kennett 's Roman Antiquities published in 1699 and still in perfectly sound condition , though its plates have been removed by a ‘ breaker ’ — someone who removes all the maps and plates from a book , sells the plates , coloured and framed , to interior designers and other such people , and then throws the book away . |
| 28 | If not , your entire beautifully prepared interview may prove a waste of time and you run the risk of appointing someone who is the least unsuitable candidate rather than someone who satisfies all the specifications . |
| 29 | What can family members and others do to help someone who has addictive diseases ? |
| 30 | The argument that W. , or any other 16- or 17-year-old , can by refusing to consent to treatment veto the treatment notwithstanding that the doctor has the consent of someone who has parental responsibilities , involves the proposition that section 8 has the further effect of depriving such a person of the power to consent . |