Example sentences of "[indef pn] [vb -s] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And everyone has to have an answer , do n't they ? |
| 2 | Once someone has accepted an offer and become a council tenant , local authority management policies come to be an important aspect of their lives . |
| 3 | ‘ Why ? ’ is a useful question when someone has made an error but you want them to diagnose it . |
| 4 | If someone has had an accident in their home , fallen and injured themselves or been taken ill , they may not be able to attract the attention of neighbours , passers-by or people who call at the door . |
| 5 | Of the senators involved Bush said : " They ought not to panic and run like a covey of quail because somebody has made an allegation against a man whose word I trust , and who , as I understand it , has n't been fingered by what 's coming out of this process … |
| 6 | I mean somebody has to have an idea of what 's to be done and how it should be communicated to the employees . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't blame him , nobody likes to pick an argument with a London cabbie . |
| 8 | Right , because the body is acting in order to protect its vital organs and it 's drawing the blood vessels near the skin , shut down , you 're not needed there , you 're needed here , in the core of the body , because your blood is what warms your skin up , it 's taken away from the skin , then the skin feels cold and clammy , yeah , clammy because of course if there 's no heat , we sweat all the time and especially if somebody 's had an accident or is seriously ill they will be sweating , yes , then there 's nothing to dry the sweat off okay , what happens when we sweat excessively in the summer time ? |
| 9 | Nobody 's got an alibi until we know that . ’ |
| 10 | One can , for example , no longer say that , if one has made an observation of the velocity , then the velocity will be the same one period later . |
| 11 | As far as I know , no one has used an ad which is actively involved in selling a product in quite this way . |
| 12 | In defence of the industries , however , one has to make an allowance for the social costs of policies ( such as maintaining an uneconomic rail service for a community or loss-making plants in areas of high unemployment ) and for decisions on pricing , investment , and employment which are shaped in part by the political calculations of the government of the day . |
| 13 | No one wants to project an image of schools as humourless places , a balance needs to be kept between frivolous and serious stories . |
| 14 | There are times when something happens to raise an issue high in the public consciousness — as Cleveland did child sex abuse — but the person responsible pays the price . |
| 15 | Although everyone seems to have an opinion , it 's not easy to find a clear , authoritative voice . |
| 16 | If anybody 's got an alibi , he has . ’ |