Example sentences of "[prep] someone you [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to her other problems , Kate Adie has achieved the status of someone you ca n't write about without attracting the wrath of the soft-left establishment ( aka your own Sean French and the Independent 's Reggie Nadelson ) . |
| 2 | And in the absence of someone you can legitimately blame ( it 's rarely possible to give the person firing you the sort of vitriolic tongue-lashing you 'd like to ) , you may hit out at your nearest and dearest . |
| 3 | ‘ Why , Alice , ’ Harry said , staring at her curiously , ‘ you sound as if you 've fallen in love with someone you ca n't have . |
| 4 | ‘ You could have , after all , been stranded with someone you 'd never set eyes on — someone who was n't the least bit hospitable . |
| 5 | ‘ But it is very difficult to focus anger and revenge on someone you ca n't picture . |
| 6 | It was more like the noise dogs make sometimes — a see-sawing musical phrase , as if it was talking to someone you could n't see . |