Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've had a stormy relationship with everyone I 've ever worked with , ’ says Nicky , ‘ because I care about what I do ! |
| 2 | ‘ 'T WAS like nothing I 've ever felt before either . |
| 3 | He rested his glass on the paunch now , regarded them owlishly , and gave the impression , as always , of someone who had not gone through the usual process of growing up , but had remained a toddler , magnified to the nth degree . |
| 4 | Indeed , I wondered whether it was possible for someone who had not shared in their experience to pass physically through the white gateposts into the avenue , and attain the domain . |
| 5 | Also , it would be possible to remove a licence from someone who had not looked after animals properly . |
| 6 | That was quite enough for someone who had just admitted to disliking exchanges of confidence except to his intimates . |
| 7 | We could n't talk because I believe he badly wanted to telephone someone who had just returned from China , so it was just a handshake really . |
| 8 | ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop . |
| 9 | When the number of members on the committee is small , it may be difficult to abide by the proviso that the amendment must be seconded by someone who has not spoken on the original motion , and in that case common sense prevails . |
| 10 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
| 11 | If a further infection occurs in someone who has already suffered from scabies , the course of events may be very different . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’ |
| 13 | There could be a call from someone you have n't heard from in some time . |
| 14 | There could be a call from someone you have n't heard from in some time . |
| 15 | There could be a call from someone you have n't heard from in some time . |
| 16 | This is according to someone we 've never heard of before and hopefully will never hear of again , a Viscount Ullswater . |
| 17 | In Task 44 Extract 1 , for example , we might need to know the political opinions , or temperament , or personal involvement of the person for whom we are writing a report of the demonstration ; and in Extract 2 , a friend with whom we correspond might be nine or ninety , someone we saw last week , or someone we have not seen for decades . |
| 18 | It was like telling someone they had just lost at Russian roulette . |
| 19 | In my experience people will forgive a lot of things , but not being beaten at their own game by someone they 've always looked upon as a caricature . ’ |
| 20 | Almost three-quarters of the men in our sample fantasize about having sex with someone they have not slept with . |
| 21 | Seventy-two per cent of the men in our sample say they fantasize about someone they have n't slept with , and 32% of them find their thoughts turning to sex when they 're at work . |
| 22 | Nobody wants a florid letter from someone they have never seen before but as an actor your style and personality must come through sufficiently — a bare list of parts played wo n't convey much . |
| 23 | and to appear in court , he found himself caught up in a drama in which he had been cast as The Defendant , facing the man he had known as Rich whom everyone called The Plaintiff , and being called to order by someone he had never heard of before called The Registrar and his right hand man The Clerk of the Court — and all in the unfamiliar setting ( set ) of a courtroom . |
| 24 | She said : ‘ He was n't somebody I 'd ever seen in here before , perhaps that 's why I took notice . |
| 25 | Nobody who has not lived in a dungeon could understand how absolute the silence down here is . |
| 26 | Is she an old friend — perhaps somebody you 'd previously met through your stepmother ? ’ |
| 27 | Upmarket readers generally scorn to read about somebody we 've never heard of having it off with somebody else we 've never heard of . |
| 28 | Reason said he could n't possibly have any recollection of a nineteen-year-old nobody he had once caused to be dismissed from her first job , but the knowledge of her bones was stronger . |
| 29 | In one such performance , James Luna promises to combine ‘ Indian mythology , Christian evangelism , and psychoanalysis to create a double-edged interpretation that has ‘ something for everyone who has ever believed in the romantic vision of the American Indian and bought into the guilt-complex of American history ’ ’ ’ . |
| 30 | I care about you , about Susan , about everyone who has ever worked at that factory . |