Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] who [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second view is that Judas told the chief priests that Jesus had claimed to be some sort of Messiah ; perhaps one who would lead a rebellion against the Romans . |
| 2 | All in a day 's work for the hundreds of people involved in the various stages — but there is perhaps only one who will have witnessed everything that has happened . |
| 3 | In this respect , adult responsibility , in its true magnitude , is frightening , for it is only they who can perform this onerous task . |
| 4 | This can , of course , create very undesirable consequences : social stability may be endangered by concentration of too much power and/ or wealth in too few hands ; the privacy of citizens may be abused under the excuse of maintaining law and order , or for commercial gains ; the state may take a " big brother " role ; the business community may acquire too much political power ; or , although very unlikely , IT experts may decide that they should take over the running of the country , since it is only they who can understand the unnecessary complexity of IT systems . |
| 5 | The youngest son always knew it was only he who would pass the ogre and find the Grail . |
| 6 | In brief , the good leader , the man who could inspire his army , not merely he who could avoid the obvious pitfalls of generalship which Frontinus had pointed out , might be born with certain inherent qualities , but these had to be developed in the only way that could lead to success , through practice and experience . |
| 7 | So anyone who can offer timber — should contact The Shakespeare Globe Trust , Bear Gardens , Bankside , London SE1 9EE , 071 928 7710 . |
| 8 | It was not everyone who would have relished going off into the dark forest ; Lugh did not relish it at all , in fact . |
| 9 | It is not everyone who can boast of being pissed on by a lion . |
| 10 | It is not everyone who can boast a Spitfire rebuild at the end of the cabbage patch , but with Spencer masterminding and a couple of chaps from the King Air days — two years later the contents of 35 cardboard boxes in pristine Spitfire formation bearing Spencer 's distinctive red livery , graced the skies . |
| 11 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 12 | It is not everyone who can enjoy such home cooking . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Of course it 's not everyone who could stand Dersingham , ’ Treadwell went on . |
| 14 | It was not everyone who could lead a party of men from Innisfree on to the mainland without being spotted . |
| 15 | He 's not just someone who can communicate a point well ; he sums up the point in himself . |
| 16 | ‘ She was not somebody who would strike you as particularly religious or spiritual . |
| 17 | ‘ You forget that , as her husband , it is he and not she who will take possession of the money . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He wants an heir but not one who would disinherit him presumably . |
| 19 | He would prefer an assistant who was prepared to be directed , not one who would dash away under their own steam . |
| 20 | He came from Paillard 's in Paris ) , but not one who would substitute an arid classicism for personal taste and character in his cooking . |
| 21 | Contemporaries saw some kind of jealousy here ; Owen was not one who could brook a rival for the position of British Cuvier . |
| 22 | Not a man with a strong nerve , and certainly on the surface not one who could carry out a cold-blooded murder . |
| 23 | Somebody in authority would have known that he was married though , but , probably not anybody who could have done anything about preventing another one . |
| 24 | Oh it 'll likely have been about Blair Gowrie or Pitlochry or some place , just anybody who would have taken him in . |
| 25 | When I looked at him , there were tears in his eyes , and he said , ‘ It 's not us who 'll have the problem , Mum . |
| 26 | It 's not us who 'll have to sit in front |
| 27 | After 10 years at top level , it 's a pity that Ben still has n't understood that you can never be the best climber sin the world , because there is always someone who will do something better in a given area of the sport . |
| 28 | And would an an apprentice , like somebody who 'd say served say five years as their time , once their time was out would it be common for them to be kept on ? |
| 29 | So if Hereward did turn up one who would threaten his inheritance , he might want to keep it , and Hereward , quiet . ’ |
| 30 | Beside the note , lying on the bare boards , Vanessa and her cohorts ( she had two brothers ; it was probably they who 'd come with her to empty the house ) had left a neat pile of broken glass , in case he was sufficiently moved by her entreaty to end his life there and then . |