Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The terms of the contracts in this category are rarely negotiated ; instead , they are prepared by or for one party who effectively imposes them on the other party to the contract , saying " If you want to do business with me , you must use my terms " . |
| 2 | Much of McQueen 's acting was done for him by the make-up of Charles Schram , who effectively ages him over his years of solitary confinement . |
| 3 | ‘ I can not marry a man who secretly despises me . |
| 4 | One of the men who most attracts him , Mubarak , is also one whose sexuality is most self-conscious , withdrawn , and complicated ; Mubarak 's masculinity is itself strung out across difference : he is a Sudanese African in Asia , and fighting for a people whom he does not understand and who regard him with a racist indifference ( pp. 194 — 5 ) ; he speaks perfect French , but with a Parisian urban working-class accent . |
| 5 | who nervously pats his hair , |
| 6 | ‘ And the man who eventually wins you will be the luckiest man in the world , I think , ’ said Carlo . |
| 7 | A prude , Chloe , marries a zealot , Enthusiano , who eventually locks her up with directions to say her prayers , as he goes to his mistress . |
| 8 | Poitier plays a homicide cop from a big city who inadvertently finds himself caught up in a murder investigation in the town where he is staying . |
| 9 | The work of the craftsman is to realise an inner idea in a way that is beautiful , useful and enduring , and as his work is the object of his satisfaction and delight ( " if it were in his power to produce an effect which would know and love him , this he would assuredly do " ) , so man is created for God who alone satisfies his nature . |
| 10 | It is most important that the pupil , especially if he has difficulty with spelling , should see you as a sympathetic helper who wants him to learn , and not as an examiner who only tells him he 's wrong . |
| 11 | The belief that men alone represent humanity , whereas a woman is an individual who only represents herself , never absolute , does not wash any longer . |
| 12 | ‘ The count is a man who only follows his own rules . |
| 13 | The Old Ones never appear in person , so we do n't have to worry about them anyway , but a cultist who only believes he has their powers or blessings and acts accordingly is just as dangerous as one who genuinely has their powers and blessings . ’ |
| 14 | And to ease my memory , to free from it some of the words , the phrases I had already written — precious seeds — I would walk and walk ; walk like a man without a camera , who only has his diary to record what he sees . |
| 15 | And , although Bratfisch in MacMillan 's Mayerling is a dancing role , he , too , is an onlooker who only shows his real self during his final entrance and last gesture as he throws his flower into Mary Vetsera 's grave . |
| 16 | When you visit a club , why not ask the views of people who actually know something about the place and not some ageing promoter who only visits it once a month ? |
| 17 | This is particularly true of Gertrude who only wants her son to be happy , but her cheerfulness and pleadings with Hamlet only make the situation worse . |
| 18 | A man on a journey , who suddenly loses himself . |
| 19 | A man with a mission who suddenly loses his faith . |
| 20 | So we have a story that may or may not be a story ( it had already appeared in The People back in January , when it raised few eyebrows ) , and a news reporter who suddenly finds himself giving press conferences rather than attending them . |
| 21 | Greg remained perched uneasily , staring down into his glass , feeling like a juggler who suddenly finds he is keeping eleven balls in the air instead of ten , and wonders where on earth the other ball has come from . |
| 22 | This includes a woman who merely masturbates her clients ( R v Webb [ 1964 ] 1 QB 357 ) . |
| 23 | Traders do well to be careful in describing their merchandise for the section may catch not just the deliberate liar but also the honest trader who carelessly misdescribes his goods . |
| 24 | Sarah , someone who jealously guards her privacy , we bought some of her secrets too , and everyone 's personal details can be bought . |
| 25 | Chuck goes AWOL , leaving the spotlight on Flav , who swiftly decides it 's time for a dose of good old-fashioned farce : ‘ Yo , wait a minute man , make some noise , make some fucking noise England or I 'm fucking out of here ’ . |
| 26 | Chuck goes AWOL , leaving the spotlight on Flav , who swiftly decides it 's time for a dose of good old-fashioned farce : ‘ Yo , wait a minute man , make some noise , make some fucking noise England or I 'm fucking out of here ’ . |
| 27 | We tend to think of cruelty as incorporating violence , but equally cruel is the father who constantly belittles his son or daughter in front of others . |
| 28 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 29 | By having someone in our adult lives who constantly feeds us verbal tranquillizers , or by feeding them to ourselves we can ease emotional pains and keep them at bay for a while . |
| 30 | The man who persistently questions you about after-sales service . |