Example sentences of "[indef pn] who [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It then had to be washed and hung up to dry before my bucketful was " sold " to someone who got it ready for the shops . |
| 2 | and one lady was told by someone who kissed her first , first kiss , said to her , she was just a natural |
| 3 | Most importantly , we began to realise that an expert was someone who understood what they were talking about , not someone who had become an expert in regurgitating things that other people had taught them . |
| 4 | Fur-thermore , he needed someone who understood his way of working , and his goals . |
| 5 | Edward took her on a tour of Bath — perhaps he was also hoping to be seen by someone who knew him ! — and then headed out into the country . |
| 6 | Andrew MacKinlay at Thurrock was praised to me by someone who knew him well , not for any sort of high-flying , but for through and through decency : and anyone removing Tim ‘ I propose to call these people ‘ the Ethnics ' ’ Janman has instant appeal . |
| 7 | So inflexible was this masterplan that when New Scientist attempted to introduce someone who knew nothing about computers to the machine ( it is claimed to be very easy to use ) we were turned down on the grounds that ‘ this would upset the timetable ’ . |
| 8 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 9 | If I were to approach my sixth criterion I needed to find someone who knew their way round an oscilloscope , and it was n't until the mid-1980s that a bright , if somewhat cranky , scuba-diving enthusiast arrived on campus to do a PhD . |
| 10 | McLeish reflected that Giles Hawick was the classic example of someone who knew what they wanted and did n't mess around , and that that was what had attracted Francis Morgan 's daughter . |
| 11 | Someone who knew what she was doing produced a pitcher of iced water for Farrar 's hand . |
| 12 | Joseph Hyde had been beaten up ; systematically , and by someone who knew what they were doing . |
| 13 | Her clothes were good , and seemed to have been chosen by someone who knew what she was doing . |
| 14 | The reason is that a great many " inventions " would not be obvious to a layman but would be to someone who knew something of the technology involved . |
| 15 | Only someone who knew her very well would have noticed it . |
| 16 | ‘ If we were to put a full description of the girl , and of the clothes she was wearing , in Saturday 's paper , it might be seen by her parents or someone who knew her . |
| 17 | She only wished there was someone who knew her to see her climbing in . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't think , ’ Tremayne said painfully , ‘ I mean , it had to be someone who knew you would fetch Gareth 's camera , who shot you . ’ |
| 19 | The archer had to be someone who knew I was going to go back for Gareth 's camera . |
| 20 | We 'd booked him just as his catchphrases were being quoted by the entire nation , and all because Julie 's mortgage broker knew someone who knew his phone number and he had agreed to appear . |
| 21 | ‘ So we are looking for someone who knew his business . ’ |
| 22 | Someone who knew she was trapped . |
| 23 | Bill Goody knew someone who knew someone . |
| 24 | Who , anyway , would want to read an autobiography of someone who saw himself as God 's gift to aviation and the RAF in particular ? |
| 25 | I wanted to pick someone who saw herself as part of the community and yet stood up for her rights . |
| 26 | Also , people have been saying to me , ‘ My brother 's girlfriend 's aunt says that she spoke to someone who saw you on ‘ News at Ten ’ the other day ! ’ |
| 27 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
| 28 | Someone who told me roundabout that |
| 29 | He probably thought a financial adviser was someone who told you to hand over the wallet or you 'd get your throat cut . |
| 30 | Three generations of Aylings ran a respectable newspaper and I handed it over to someone who sent it plummeting down-market , used it to promote an extreme political view and was a thoroughly bad employer . ’ |