Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Mrs Duffy is hoping to have the murder case involving her son moved to another area where nobody has heard of the name Lee Duffy and where she believes a fairer trial would be held . |
| 2 | This does not mean that the interviewer becomes a cold clinical robot , but it does mean that he or she uses a particular instrument in the way that it is designed to be used — for objective study . |
| 3 | ‘ Each and every time a subject assessor visits a centre , he or she submits a report of the outcome to SCOTVEC . |
| 4 | An individual 's attitude to the question of the political context in which the legal system operates will depend on whether he or she takes a supportive attitude to the political status quo or wishes to challenge it . |
| 5 | Any time some southern television producer wants a bit of good knockabout , he or she arranges a duel between Teresa Gorman , the Billericay battleaxe , and Teddy , the Southend shouter . |
| 6 | When a customer wants to pay for something through the system , he or she presents a banker 's card or a Visa credit card to the shopkeeper . |
| 7 | The key worker acts as an advocate — he or she represents a client in drawing up a care plan or at any discussion where clients may not be able to speak for themselves . |
| 8 | Each partner has to recognize his or her position and that he or she represents a group who have a legitimate voice . |
| 9 | As such he or she establishes a close working relationship with the chief executive officer . |
| 10 | It is afterwards when the prospective guest writes to the hotel that he or she requires a room between certain dates that an offer is made . |
| 11 | When a guest checks in the receptionist allocates a room showing a green light ; he or she presses a switch and the green light goes off on the board as well as on the cashier 's and housekeeper 's boards . |
| 12 | For example , every time he or she throws a toy in a dangerous manner the offending toy is locked away . |
| 13 | I 'm not suggesting that your baby would n't be happy or well cared for , simply that he or she needs a mother who 's secure and happy with herself . |
| 14 | In particular , a police officer can be sued for wrongful arrest and false imprisonment ( which are forms of the tort of trespass to the person ) if he or she arrests a person without a justification recognized by law . |
| 15 | He or she invents a product which consumers did n't know they wanted until it is made available , manufactures it with the assistance of purveyors of risk capital known as publishers , and sells it in competition with makers of marginally differentiated products of the same kind . |
| 16 | Your plugger should contact all the DJs with whom he or she has a good relationship , trying to persuade them to play your record . |
| 17 | They could sell the shares to a stranger — who might decide he or she has a lot to contribute to the business . |
| 18 | What are some things you could do or habits you could develop which would make your partner feel glad he or she has a relationship with you ? |
| 19 | He or she has a number of non-teaching hours for work with young people and their families after they leave school . |
| 20 | That is to say , if the child is black ( reality ) , he or she must first recognise and accept that he or she has a black psychic image . |
| 21 | Section 5 of the Business Names Act 1985 provides that where a person fails to comply with the requirement set out in s. 5 and thereafter seeks to enforce a business contract with a party in default by means of a court action , ( a ) if the person in default can establish that he or she has a claim against the proprietor , which due to the proprietor 's failure to comply with s. 5 he or she has been unable to pursue , or ( b ) if a breach by the proprietor of s. 5 has caused the person in default some financial loss , the proprietor 's claim shall be dismissed , unless it is ‘ just and equitable ’ that the proprietor should be allowed to continue the action . |
| 22 | We ourselves suggested that , notwithstanding our data , any patient who believes that he or she has a problem with human insulin should resume animal insulin , which we certainly would not wish to see withdrawn . |
| 23 | Denial is a psychological defence mechanism by which the sufferer simply does not believe that he or she has a problem , despite all the evidence . |
| 24 | If the researcher is interested in discussions of government finance in the Treasury , he or she has a potential problem of informational over-kill . |
| 25 | Roughly , unilateralism provides that the plaintiff must win if he or she has a right to win established in the explicit extension of some legal convention , but that otherwise the defendant must win . |
| 26 | The second must be that he or she has a long life . |
| 27 | Dealings with clients ' money — a solicitor must keep a careful and separate account of any money of yours that he handles and must account to you for deposit interest if he or she holds a significant amount of your money for a significant length of time . |
| 28 | What should a hotel receptionist do if he or she believes a guest to be dishonest ? |
| 29 | This prepares the horse 's neck muscles so its response to the needle is decreased ; and it relaxes the vet 's hand and arm muscles so that he or she makes a better job of it ! |
| 30 | When the cellarman judges that the beer is in perfect condition , he or she hammers a tap through the wooden or plastic keystone in the tap hole of the cask . |