Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father was the sweetest man in the world and there was nothing I could fight him for , or do against him , or he against me , because nothing was said that I did n't agree with , or he did n't agree with , because I was a very easy child . |
| 2 | Well that , that 's why I think I went down so hard when I did n't get that job cos she said , I , I took , I took the erm , I went , I was the first , to go , first of all I did n't put in for this job it 's one that 's been laying around since last September , I wrote to , kept to St. Mary 's for this mental health thing and I got in touch with this Mrs and she said I 've got nothing I can offer you at the moment but I , I will be in touch and I went down the job centre one day and erm , there was this thing to say that they wanted mental nurses |
| 3 | Nothing I can do you for ? |
| 4 | " If she knows , them there 's nothing I can tell her , but the truth , " he said lightly , desperately hoping it would n't come to that . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm afraid there is nothing I can tell you . |
| 6 | ‘ There is nothing I can tell you , Officer , ’ said Iris in her stilted French , ‘ but my friend has something that may interest you . ’ |
| 7 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , physically there 's nothing I can put my finger on . |
| 9 | ‘ You want to learn somethin' wot 'll make him happy ? ’ |
| 10 | I thought that at last I 'd found someone I could share my life with . |
| 11 | Someone I 'd say who was probably almost as good a guitar player and also had a lot of mystique about him , although he was never as big as Jimi , is Johnny Winter . |
| 12 | I 'm hoping she might have said something to someone which might help me find her . ’ |
| 13 | Zambia had no wish to be found out cold by someone who might discover what SHe was . |
| 14 | She had the air of a female terrorist ; someone who might take it into her head to shoot at any moment . |
| 15 | They were offering free accommodation and food to someone who would do what they described as a little gentle housework . |
| 16 | Someone who would do what he was told … |
| 17 | I mean a fixed term contract for a year for a new in , for an investigator , first of all we 've got to find someone who would do it , secondly if that person was n't frankly al already an investigator the investment in that person . |
| 18 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 19 | When his wife died he began to look around for another ; someone who would give him the children he needed . |
| 20 | This surprised me , as I had not thought of him as someone who would favour me , and in any case I presumed that he would support Willie Whitelaw . |
| 21 | Someone who would love me , whom I could love . |
| 22 | It was yet another of the advantages of belonging to the working class , like always knowing someone who would send her son round to unblock the sink , lay a carpet , get the cat down from the tree , lend you a van for the evening or sell you trainers and tracksuits cheap . |
| 23 | There was no fairness on earth if someone who would appreciate it and work hard was kept out just because of a greedy , uncaring family who would prefer to forget the child of an unsuitable union rather than make a generous gesture and ensure that some right was done at the end of the day . |
| 24 | Here was someone who would help her push the car into the side of the road , who would know in which direction lay the nearest house , who would be a companion on her walk . |
| 25 | She 'd mentioned someone who would help me , but I saw only Shadwell ahead of me . |
| 26 | Alternatively , the duke might give the post to someone who would take it in order to oblige the town council of Glasgow , perhaps even a member of that council , or one of the town 's lawyers . |
| 27 | She wanted someone who would teach them , erm , . |
| 28 | She sat on the hard hall-stool beside the telephone , safe in the semi-darkness and waited for Dorothea and her friend Florence Ames who was a nurse , someone who would recognise her condition instantly , who would be on hand should emergency treatment be required , who was trained and capable . |
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| 30 | Someone who would understand what he was going through . |