Example sentences of "a person whom [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In August 1988 a number of police officers joined forces to pursue a person whom it was alleged had been driving recklessly . |
| 2 | In our opinion , the duty is not simply one to take reasonable care in the abstract , but to take reasonable care not to injure a person whom it should reasonably have been foreseen may be injured by the act or neglect if such care is not taken . |
| 3 | The offence of incest is committed by a man who has sexual intercourse with a person whom he knows to be his granddaughter , daughter , sister or mother , and by a woman aged 16 or over who permits her grandfather , father , brother , or son to have sexual intercourse with her . |
| 4 | Even if the desire is never satisfied in any but the fantasy way , the man who constantly has such desires is to be condemned , for he is gaining satisfaction from a person whom he has divested of personhood and turned into a slave . |
| 5 | Hills v. Ellis the defendant was outside a football match where he witnessed a policeman arresting a person whom he believed to be faultless . |
| 6 | The editor passed the letter to a person whom he knew to be an ‘ outside broker ’ ( one who does Stock Exchange business but is not a member of the Exchange ) but whose honesty he had no reason to suspect . |
| 7 | Name a person whom you would wish to be contacted if you are seriously ill and close to death |