Example sentences of "[indef pn] [is] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zelda West-Meads of Relate adds , ‘ Here someone is looking for their ideal , but she does n't exist . |
| 2 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
| 3 | The best way to find someone is to look in your local directories , such as the Yellow pages but do remember to check their qualifications . |
| 4 | ‘ He suddenly blurted out , ‘ Someone is going behind my back ’ . ’ |
| 5 | There 's a lovely erm James Thurber cartoon which shows somebody sitting in a room and there 's a lovely party going around and everybody else is talking very animatedly and somebody 's looking over their shoulder and saying contemptuously , ‘ He does n't know anything except facts . ’ |
| 6 | But wherever possible if somebody 's working in your area right now we 'd send you there . |
| 7 | I am also the Great White Spirit that resides in the fifth dimension , everything is connected to my fingertips — by wires . ’ |
| 8 | If everything is working at its optimum level with no spare fat then it is all rather brittle because there are no cushions to absorb changes and downturns . |
| 9 | The Minister used the word " can not " , but there is no such thing when one is dealing with Her Majesty 's Government or Parliament . |
| 10 | He peers into a bar and instantly this reticulated gaze comes into play , falling over the assembled suits , so that each one is caught by their vent-gills in the appropriately sized mesh square , struggling to free themselves before the marketeers close in , wielding stunning Free Offers . |
| 11 | One is reduced to her ribs ; the other still has her steel plating and her funnel . |
| 12 | One is to disbelieve in their existence . |
| 13 | If something 's going on your neck of the woods , we want to hear about it . |
| 14 | No one 's dug in my lifetime . |
| 15 | eh , its a free country and you should be able to choose what you want to do yourself er , if something is damaging to your health then I would agree , yes , smoking I do n't agree with smoking but if people want to smoke that 's entirely up to them , they know the risks , I would n't smoke , I know the risks but vegetarianism is purely a matter of choice and there 's no peop people that harp on about you should n't eat meat , get on my nerves |
| 16 | Everybody is called by their first names ; why ? |
| 17 | ‘ If A delivers goods to B on sale or return and B having received them immediately delivers them to C on sale or return , the reasonable time in the one case must , I think , be co-extensive with that in the other case and if that reasonable time elapses and C brings back the goods to B and B takes them back to A , everybody is acting within his rights , and it appears to me that property never passes … if under like circumstances A delivers goods to B and B delivers them to C in each case on sale or return and the reasonable time be , let us say , 14 days , and C after four days sells the goods or elects to buy the goods , I think property will have passed , because C will have done an act which renders it impossible for B to return the goods to A. ’ |
| 18 | Miss Taylor , I think everybody is talking about your appearance but I think you 're one of the greatest actresses in the world and I 've enjoyed a lot of your films . |
| 19 | Or do you get a weighting because everybody 's dealing with their own , but you 're actually dealing with the institution , and |
| 20 | ‘ We do n't have anything where anyone 's violated against their will . |
| 21 | Erm that 's right , everyone 's eating with their mouths full . |
| 22 | Everyone 's sweating on their image . |
| 23 | Diana , for instance , is quoted as saying : ‘ I just love it when I arrive somewhere and everyone is waiting with their tongues hanging out . ’ |
| 24 | Who — everyone is identified by his position and actions and full names and titles are given . |
| 25 | Everyone is thanked for their attention , their loyalty and their cooperation . |
| 26 | In Grace Abounding nothing is said about his life as a soldier except that it was once preserved by the mercy of God when another man took his place as sentinel during a siege and was killed by a musket bullet . |
| 27 | Although a reasonable amount of material is available about the lives of these two men , nothing is known about their Muftiliks beyond the bare statement that they did hold the office ; and it is consequently impossible to make assumptions with any assurance about the nature of their Muftiliks . |
| 28 | ‘ Nothing is known about his associate in the vehicle , who remains unidentified . |
| 29 | Nothing is known about his activities until he was authorized , by Elizabeth I 's signet of 8 July 1563 , to prospect for minerals in England , which he did during that summer . |
| 30 | , John ( c. 1770– c. 1843 ) , merchant service master and Antarctic discoverer , was born c .1770 but nothing is known about his early life and education . |