Example sentences of "someone who [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is a question of not allowing someone who commits a summary offence to ‘ escape liability ’ for an indictable offence . |
| 2 | ‘ An actor is someone who plays a role , tells a story , ’ he explains , ‘ and a star is someone who 's always acting in front of everybody . |
| 3 | ‘ Murder , ’ he said , in the tones of someone who knew a bit about the subject , ‘ is something we try and classify . |
| 4 | She knew someone who knew a woman . |
| 5 | Maybe he/she is right ; often he/she is not and may recruit someone who becomes a liability . |
| 6 | The authors state that a baseline blood sample may be requested from someone who sustains a needlestick injury , whereas a baseline blood sample should always be taken after occupational exposure . |
| 7 | The term ‘ sir ’ retains respect while ‘ madam ’ refers to someone who keeps a brothel . |
| 8 | A very striking example was told me not long since by someone who attended a dinner party in Moscow soon after Gagarin 's space trip — the Gagarin who had reported that he did not see God in space ( see p. 57 ) . |
| 9 | Now the capable Mrs Brocklebank had become someone who had a conscience and a guilty secret . |
| 10 | Nara was sent to get a bowl of milk from someone who had a cow that was yielding : Kalchu suggested maybe the ā gri or the um in the bottom house on the corner . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm looking for someone who had a baby here , twenty years ago , ’ said Juliet . |
| 12 | And it was composed either only a short time after those events by someone who played a role in them , or more probably by someone with direct access to the testimony of an eyewitness . |
| 13 | I think you have me confused with someone who gives a shit . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Besides , if you 're a drugs syndicate and want to murder someone who knows a bit too much , you do n't do it in the victim 's office , do you ? |
| 15 | I was talking to someone who knows a Leeds solicitor who is involved with the club and he was allegedly letting this colleague in on some inside info . |
| 16 | However , at heart he 's still a guitar playing singer , and someone who knows a thing or two about Vox AC30s … |
| 17 | You only have to think of the otherwise incomprehensible behaviour of someone who hails a cab with a flailing gesture of the outstretched arm and who , having failed , then feels it necessary to provide an account of what happened by using the same hand to smooth down the hair . |
| 18 | He would plead that the plugs had been planted by someone who bore a grudge against him , and the story would be quickly put round the plant that it was the foreman himself who had fixed it , to settle an old score . |
| 19 | This was another characteristic that he had : he often talked about himself as if he had custody of someone who needed a lot of upbringing . |
| 20 | A fiduciary is someone who occupies a position of trust and confidence and who , as a result of that position , owes fiduciary duties . |
| 21 | The result of all this politics — and Ramsey 's sense that he might be reading the wrong subject , because his interests were now more modern than ancient — meant that his classics did not go as might be expected of someone who won a scholarship . |
| 22 | Indeed it is unusual to find a fresh case of genital herpes in someone who has a history of cold sores , although it does occur in some cases . |
| 23 | For example , someone who has a problem with alcohol may find himself or herself thinking progressively more during the day about the opportunity to drink in the evening . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ So you 're looking for a local man , a Loner , someone who has a night job , the use of a car or van and a knowledge of Hymns Ancient and Modern . |
| 25 | Among those whom the hon. Gentleman has maligned is someone who has a decade 's experience of working in the NHS . |
| 26 | er I know someone who has a P S V licence , Doug , just got it , mind he 's does voluntary driving already for age concern at er , where , it 's not in I ca n't remember where it is |
| 27 | Someone who has a lot of overt status has a great deal to do : their time and attention are very precious . |
| 28 | It 's easier for someone who has a timetable laid out for them very clearly during the day . |
| 29 | I know of someone who needs a nurse who 's experienced in diabetic patient care . ’ |
| 30 | There 's always an expectation that someone who runs a nightclub lives in a nightclub . |