Example sentences of "who [vb -s] [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're hardly a teenager who has to explain herself to her mother . ’ |
| 2 | However , the reader who has to look herself for these useful references will find much else to inform and entertain . |
| 3 | Now what do you reckon is the most difficult … the most dangerous job in sport … boxer … jump jockey … racing driver you could argue all night could n't you … what about a chap who has to protect himself from head to foot … gets fired at … and skates on ice … in other words the netminder in ice hockey … see for yourself in our Friday Feature |
| 4 | ‘ If we was into that shit , you would n't be able to stand on this corner with us like this , you 'd get killed , ’ points out one former member , who declines to identify himself . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd tell any new mum who wants to treat herself to buy a steam steriliser . |
| 6 | Then someone called out , in that half-loud , half-soft way of someone who wants to make themselves heard while at the same time remaining as quiet as possible . |
| 7 | She 's old money and as snooty as they come , while he 's the typical self-made second-generation Italian who wants to buy himself a piece of class . ’ |
| 8 | Once again , the male homosexual is someone who refuses to risk himself in relation to the other , but now the risk is not in relation to the opposite sex ( as in Scruton and Mailer ) , but to the same sex as rival . |
| 9 | But the man who desires to know himself more completely — however strange and confusing his discoveries may be — he is drawn further within until he finds in the texts a mirror of his own complexity . |
| 10 | The division of labour in modern Britain is such that these three major segments of social life can be thought of as distinct and virtually autonomous sub-systems , each with its own set of specialized self-perpetuating roles ministers , " politicians " , civil servants , judges , lawyers , policemen , bishops , clergy — all of which are open , at least in theory , to any individual of appropriate age , sex , and education who chooses to make himself a candidate . |
| 11 | He who endeavours to enrich himself with the property of others , should be deprived of part of his own . |
| 12 | Sam West , son of actors Timothy West and Prunella Scales , who also appears in the film , plays Leonard Bast who tries to improve himself through the arts . |
| 13 | Theresa , who does n't mind being called a whore but starts screaming if anyone calls her retarded , is the kind of character who seems to promise a fate worse than rape , but the greatest violence reside in Al , who tries to calm himself with images of lambs , only to have them open their mouths to show him teeth and worms . |
| 14 | She contrasts well with the solemn Eleanor , her husband 's cousin and in love with him , who tries to satisfy herself emotionally by writing to a prisoner of war and by frequenting a group of left-wing people . |
| 15 | Good diction can still be heard occasionally , particularly on Radio 3 , so that no one who wishes to improve himself need lack exemplars ; yet many people are content to mumble and fumble their words . |
| 16 | This qualification can be taken as either a post-graduate or a post-experience course and is equally relevant to a young graduate starting a career in management or to an older man with some experience of management , who wishes to bring himself up to date with the latest practice . |
| 17 | ‘ But who wishes to find themselves married to a boy ? |
| 18 | He wo n't do it without help from his manager , a man who likes to present himself as a disciplinarian but who appears powerless to prevent his players misbehaving on the field . |
| 19 | or the one who seeks to put himself in the place of Christ . |
| 20 | The person who seeks to protect himself or herself from doubt in their belief , Newman argued , is like the person who , in order to be protected from the risk of illness , never ventures outside the home . |