Example sentences of "[pron] who [is] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Does the Secretary of State agree that it is quite outrageous that people should stand up in this Chamber and attack the character of someone who is not here to defend himself ?
2 The chairman , David Lawson , says , ‘ Our typical customer is someone who is not necessarily having much day-by-day culture intake .
3 ‘ Gone ’ pulls the listener into the bad brain of someone who is obviously deeply disturbed and very dangerous , someone who is hungry for the thrill kill .
4 This means not taking on someone who is too highly qualified and would be easily bored or dissatisfied as much as finding someone with the ability to do the job .
5 ‘ When you go into a competition that you know you can win , and you know that people expect you to win , then there is a lot more pressure on you than on someone who is less well known .
6 ‘ And , from someone who 's just successfully ruined the gearbox of the Land Rover , that , if I might say so , ’ she parodied , ‘ is the height of impertinence .
7 Care should , however , be taken to avoid any glaring inconsistency between the covenants accepted by the partners and those imposed on their employees : and in many cases , looked at objectively , the value to a firm ( and to its potential competitors ) of a senior employee ( even one who is not legally qualified ) can be every bit as great as that of any of its partners .
8 I 'm the one who 's always here to let you in , you can testify . ’
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