Example sentences of "for someone [Wh pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think these things were not common in those days and I was looking for someone who had great potential , and decided I 'd found it in David Bowie . |
| 2 | Even with his handiwork through me , I thought of the sadness inevitably awaiting the others ; yet I would have to pursue him , for someone who had three times seen murder as a solution to problems could n't be trusted never to try it again . |
| 3 | Both Victoria and Albert were delighted with the Emperor 's charm and amiability , but above all they were captivated by Eugènie ‘ the dear , sweet Empress ’ , though the Queen confided to the Emperor that she realized how difficult her role must be for someone who had not been brought up to it . |
| 4 | The worst bit was coming over the runway for the landing when I felt that I was no longer in control , but he made a perfect landing … a great landing for anyone , but incredible for someone who had never flown before . ’ |
| 5 | He learned his trade and was reasonably competitive in an old car for someone who had no money for either equipment or spares . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His only modern biographer suggests that he spent his last days in extreme poverty at an advanced age , an ironical end for someone who had accounted meticulously for the handling of millions of pounds and had been listed by name in an Act of Parliament . |
| 8 | That was quite enough for someone who had just admitted to disliking exchanges of confidence except to his intimates . |
| 9 | Not bad for someone who had just barn-stormed around after leaving college . ’ |
| 10 | It was a good age for someone who had seen untimely deaths on all sides of her family . |
| 11 | Not bad for someone who had n't a ) played right back or b ) been a first team regular until this season . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm looking for someone who had a baby here , twenty years ago , ’ said Juliet . |
| 13 | Nothing could have been more perfect for someone who had to work , but desperately wanted to enjoy the sunshine and activities of summer . |
| 14 | So you had to look for someone who had grown up with the idea that you could kill . |
| 15 | ‘ So we are looking for someone who knew his business . ’ |
| 16 | Victoria says I have ‘ blind spots , quite amazing blind spots about the real world for someone who likes to think he is so aware ’ . |
| 17 | As Donnison says , ‘ The crucial needs arise from an unavoidable responsibility for caring for someone who depends on you ’ ; as Fairbairn says , ‘ Dependency is the key to women 's oppression . |
| 18 | The crucial needs arise from an unavoidable responsibility for caring for someone who depends on you . |
| 19 | How can a child or young person immediately grieve for someone who denies their existence in that way ? |
| 20 | FOR SOMEONE who wrote so little and whose chief recreation — picking up men -involved a high degree of furtiveness , J R Ackerley 's life is surprisingly well-documented . |
| 21 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 22 | For example , a speaker might provide a summary for someone who wished to know what the intended relevance of the lecture was but who was only familiar with the subject at an elementary level . |
| 23 | That 's a tale for someone who tells tales . |
| 24 | On the whole for someone who takes some interest in serious music it was a worthwhile and memorable experience . |
| 25 | For someone who takes his belief that p to be justified is surely close to taking it that his belief tracks the truth of p . |
| 26 | There were other legits she might have bribed or bullied into a similar sharing , but the stairs and the other dusty corners of the World were safer for someone who lived by her knife and her wits . |
| 27 | Surely , a full life even for someone who lived to the advance age of 92 . |
| 28 | He argues that , by contrast with urban-industrial areas where occupation structures a person 's place in society , it is the ownership of land that shapes the rural social structure : the crucial consideration determining someone 's place in rural society is whether he or she owns land , or rents land , or works for someone who owns or rents land . |
| 29 | ‘ For someone who hates violence , ’ I agreed , ‘ you used force with great skill . |
| 30 | It may be quicker for someone who hears well to reply , particularly when they know the answer and the question is unimportant , but this must be avoided at all cost . |