Example sentences of "anyone who [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a thinker unravels previously unnoticed implications of a familiar idea , one seems stupid to have missed them oneself ; but anyone who discerns a similarity which runs athwart the current categories , a poet by metaphor or a scientist by a new model or paradigm , can strike us with astonishment and awe , as a genius whose spontaneous flash illuminates what no logical operation within the frame of accepted concepts could have disclosed . |
| 2 | But anyone who launches a bid for Ferranti will want to be sure there are no more black holes lurking in the company 's books . |
| 3 | Also , the process of writing often brings fresh insights to mind , and helps to ground them in your everyday life — as anyone who keeps a dream diary will know . |
| 4 | It is even , on occasion , embarrassing , to anyone who retains a talent to be embarrassed . |
| 5 | But it seems that whatever the century or means of transport , parking is always a problem : in the seventh century BC Sennacharib , King of Assyria , decreed that anyone who parked a chariot on the processional way to his capital would be punished by impaling . |
| 6 | Copies have also been sent to anyone who requested a copy of the draft primary legislation . |
| 7 | My father was friendly enough but too obviously confident of his powers : if other parents complained to him about me or my brother , he always took our side and made it clear that he would roll up his sleeves and take on anyone who laid a finger on us . |
| 8 | Soon after the embassy , he assembled the lads and told them : anyone who laid a finger on the girl would be keelhauled . |
| 9 | A person who is mentally handicapped is just as much a member of society as anyone else and , like anyone who possesses a disability or impairment , is entitled not only to the same rights and services as society as a whole , but also to special needs and facilities which Britain , as a relatively affluent nation , should be able to provide for the care of disadvantaged people . |
| 10 | personally , I 'd have thought that anyone who heard a gunshot round our manor would have just moved away from the window and kept his head down , but I 've got to accept that someone may have phoned . |
| 11 | ‘ Did you know anyone who had a grudge against her ? ’ |
| 12 | ( It 's fair to point out that she had grown suspicious of modern collaborations after her previous disastrous involvement with the BEF ‘ Music Of Quality And Distinction ’ version of ‘ Anyone Who Had A Heart ’ . ) |
| 13 | That included the Kop singing She Loves You and Anyone Who Had A Heart and the Vernon 's Girls singing We Love The Beatles . |
| 14 | There was a Captain Dennis Babbage whose hobby was Bradshaw , the famous railway time-table ; and anyone who had a journey to make was welcome to consult him about the easiest ( or most interestingly complicated ) route to take . |
| 15 | Back home in Ireland — I come from Ulster , as if you did n't know — I did n't know anyone who had a bath ! ’ |
| 16 | ‘ The Arts Centre was be-decked with flowers and flags and anyone who had a uniform or robes of office was wearing them . |
| 17 | Anyone who kept a pet owl was suspected of being a magician , and farmers would nail an owl 's body to a front door , with its wings outstretched , to avert thunder and hail . |
| 18 | My dim-shit understanding is that anyone who uses a sun openWindows mailtool can send or receive mail in this way quite simply . |
| 19 | Woe betide anyone who breaks a branch without first asking permission of the lunantishee , for they will torment the offender , prodding him unmercifully with their bony white fingers . |
| 20 | He recorded verdicts of accidental death and urged anyone who dumps a fridge or freezer to make sure the door hinges were smashed so the tragedy could n't be repeated . |
| 21 | But for anyone who does a lot of travelling by car or lorry , simply reducing the amount of travelling can significantly lessen exposure to exhaust fumes . |
| 22 | For anyone who does a lot of ‘ cut and sew ’ these templates would prove most useful . |
| 23 | For anyone who does a lot of knitting , the initial time spent learning how to use the program will be more than compensated for , because once you have saved your work on to disk , the same garment shape and / or stitch pattern can be used time and time again . |
| 24 | Do remember that anyone who becomes a member now gets free membership until December 31st . |
| 25 | Jo decided that she could work with anyone who hugged a tree . |
| 26 | THERE 'S a free bottle of bubbly for anyone who fancies a Brollie Break weekend in Wales . |
| 27 | The farm cattle have their gods too and anyone who leaves a car or a tractor and trailer parked in a field of cattle can observe that when such a vehicle appears it produces the most unusual reactions amongst the herd . |
| 28 | Consumer affairs minister Baroness Denton said : ‘ Anyone who bought a Cosatto Go Safe Extra or a Go Safe Plus seat should check the waistband and ensure the stud is well fastened . ’ |
| 29 | At the end of the last century when Impressionism was still a dirty word in England , and anyone who bought a Monet was considered as being more than half-way on the road to Bedlam , the Americans were taking to him with something of the enthusiasm which they were then displaying for the newly discovered chewing-gum . |
| 30 | Anyone who joins a bucket shop swiftly enough grasps what 's going on , even if he 's been lied to . |