Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] who [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , Moxon , Metcalfe , Carrick , good old Arnie of course … er , that stocky lad who does n't move his feet properly … um , let me see now : um , oh yes , that fellow who keeps getting backache , and then that off-breaker who ca n't turn it , and that so-called seamer with the funny hairstyle who just ca n't bowl at all … |
| 2 | Was this Sir Ronald 's own change , or is he the victim of some editor who could not resist what H G Wells called the greatest passion ? |
| 3 | There 's nobody in this room who could n't win a sprint race against a sumo wrestler now , without any practice , even in stockinged feet you could do it . |
| 4 | To my surprise this man who could not swim a stroke had covered a quarter of a mile towards Malta , judging by the fluorescine trail . ’ |
| 5 | She will leave , take the children with her and is often in no hurry to take on another man who can not give her caring in return . |
| 6 | It might come as a huge blow to your ego , but there are women in this world who wo n't fall in a gibbering little heap at your feet every time you spare them a smile or a word . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , well — to think there are people in this world who ca n't guess how that will end . |
| 8 | Can I just say a few brief things to this , firstly , I share their concern entirely and totally and I do n't think there 's an officer round this table who would n't agree with that , and I also believe , having met with all the board members this morning , I know that the board members similarly agree . |
| 9 | At the Trades Union Congress in 1916 Wilson moved a motion , which was carried unanimously , that the government should repatriate all Chinese who could not prove their British nationality and that no Chinese should be signed on British ships west of the Suez Canal . |
| 10 | Clare 's partner was a just-divorced man who talked endlessly about ‘ that bitch who need n't think she has a free meal ticket for life ’ , then took Clare to dance at Annabel 's , London 's most expensive new nightclub . |
| 11 | Any lawyer who can not find a book will be able to look at the card and see who has taken it . |
| 12 | An innkeeper is not bound to supply with reasonable refreshment or to accommodate , any person who can not pay a reasonable sum for these services . |
| 13 | Any person who can not appreciate the obligation this imposes is not a competent witness . |
| 14 | In the same way , any dog who will not accept dominance in his new pack is not an asset to anyone . |
| 15 | Show me any homebuilder who ca n't say the same thing about his project , but the finish-it-in-thirty-days-using-only-domestic-handtools ! brochures never tell you that , nor that it may take you weeks just to create the right kind of workplace in which to build your masterpiece . |
| 16 | All AE 's immediately turned to stare at one of their number a poker-faced young man , who described any client who would n't buy from him as a " cunt " even scribbling comments to that effect on the client record cards . |