Example sentences of "someone who 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | I write as someone who 's always been able to take or leave Harrison Birtwistle 's music : the oeuvre as a whole arouses my respect , and impresses by its fiercely-defined character and self-consistency , but only a limited number of pieces ( among them The Triumph of Time , The fields of Sorrow , Melancolia I , Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum ) have spoken to me strongly and cried out for repeated listening . |
| 2 | ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop . |
| 3 | It — it hurts , being around someone who 's just killed someone … or hurt them . |
| 4 | Akinwande , 27 , said defiantly : ‘ They can shout at me as a foreigner but in Mickey , the best manager anyone could have , I 've got someone who 's got a good voice too . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ These firms want people with a more general practice background , who can talk to their clients in their own language , not someone who 's done the audit for three large plcs . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Show me someone who has n't done that and I 'll show you someone who 's been so sheltered they 're gon na be dull . ’ |
| 7 | Trying to dissuade a father from sending his gay teenager to a psychiatrist ; calming someone who 's just been beaten up in a police cell ; sharing someone 's joy at discovering that there 's another lesbian in the next village , all serve to remove some of the complacency which can so easily set in . |
| 8 | ‘ The biggest mistake you can make is to go to someone who 's just separated and say , ‘ I 'm glad you left him or her . |
| 9 | I know this may sound like a long shot — but someone who 's been listening to 2 Pac 's ‘ 2PacalypseNow ’ super-LP was recently arrested in a stolen car ( with the tape still playing ) for killing a police officer in America . |
| 10 | I 'm actually also hoping to get , someone who was erm concerned at the campaign to come to the meeting , cos I think it would be very useful to have someone who 's been through it and to say how , how they tackled it , so I think it should an interesting meeting , hopefully we 'll get a few , you know interesting people to come along and we can spend from that meeting campaign . |
| 11 | Erm and someone who 's described as perhaps one of the architects of Italian unity . |
| 12 | Yeah , you see that 's , we really need someone who 's involved to be honest |
| 13 | I think a good parent is someone who 's prepared to put their needs and wishes of their children before their own |
| 14 | Erm , yo see across the world that their political situations arise er because of an , an elected leader and also situations arise where you have someone who 's pushed himself into leadership , and I think erm we have a , a fairly stable society here because of that . |
| 15 | And it is a refreshing change to t to talk to someone who 's bought something from shop and they have no complaints whatever . |
| 16 | ‘ That 'd be a clever trick for someone who 's just been blown up . ’ |
| 17 | Show me a frowning British woman on a beach , and I 'll show someone who 's just spotted a mid-thigh clump the wax did n't reach . |
| 18 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 19 | ‘ For someone who 's just attempted something incredibly stupid , you 've got nerve , I will say that , ’ he observed , his gaze flickering to the comb in her white-knuckled fingers . |
| 20 | ‘ For someone who 's only been here twice , she seems very familiar with the layout of the house , ’ Jessamy retorted . |
| 21 | And as for the delay in writing , do n't you have any idea how time-consuming it is , looking after someone who 's been paralysed by a stroke ? ’ |
| 22 | Someone who 's had the courage who knowing that what they were saying was upsetting powerful people , still taking that risk and saying what they felt to be true and just ? |
| 23 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 24 | I , I , I , I do n't think we should pass too lightly over what Mrs has said , it does seem extraordinary in that , er , someone who 's locked out of their house , and the fire service comes along and opens the door for them comes under office , and mains and miscellaneous , and then a major , er , a plane crash is also classified like that . |
| 25 | You can go from being a total novice to someone who 's got a reasonably good idea by the end of one week . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you imagine what it must be like to lose someone who 's been part of your life for so long ? ’ |
| 27 | And someone who 's been just used to driving a car are they going to be able to drive the huge long bus with no extra |
| 28 | someone who 's done a streak from a sauna to outdoors in the South Pole , mm , that 's enough to turn your nibbles on |
| 29 | Yeah , I 'll probably think of someone who 's got a burner . |
| 30 | When I first heard about it , someone said to me , within the next ten years , one of ten of us will know of someone who 's died from it . |