Example sentences of "[indef pn] [Wh pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless they are constrained from deploying the usual wind-up techniques by their overriding concern to justify their actions and attitudes to someone who disapproved of them but whom they perceived to be in a position to influence their situation for better or worse . |
| 2 | Beside this stood the cooker , installed , apparently , by someone who distrusted the island 's electricity supply ; it was a gas cooker , and had been placed there to be within easy reach of the cylinders of Calor gas that stood just outside the window under a lean-to , beside a stack of peat . |
| 3 | So it is a question of not allowing someone who commits a summary offence to ‘ escape liability ’ for an indictable offence . |
| 4 | Someone who commits an offence can be prosecuted in a criminal court and fined ( or , sometimes , imprisoned ) . |
| 5 | Someone who 'd been in the right place a couple of times . |
| 6 | Coming from someone who 'd obviously never been in the right frame of mind magnetically to attach anything but his salary to himself — money Anwar always referred to as ‘ unearned income ’ — this seemed a bit rich . |
| 7 | Several hearings were held , and as a teacher involved with the family , and as someone who 'd been asked officially to ‘ socialise , them , Mr M was asked to give information to the Children 's Panel . |
| 8 | He walked out on her mother , who was stuck for years afterwards with the name of someone who 'd left her . |
| 9 | Ian was someone who 'd succeeded through his own efforts . |
| 10 | She lay under him , loose-limbed , like someone who 'd fallen , and raised both arms above her head to grasp the bedrails . |
| 11 | Luke was like someone who 'd seen a vision of the Holy Grail — completely obsessed . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd promised myself not even to think about Julie Burchill again , let alone mention her ( yeah , right on , Camille , we 're rootin' for ya ) , but I must say that I agree with her that the Best of Young British list would have improved by the addition of an American and someone who 'd written a non-fiction book about football . |
| 13 | ‘ I think so , ’ she said , straightening in her seat and looking around like someone who 'd fallen asleep on a long journey and awoken in an unfamiliar place . |
| 14 | ‘ Father wanted someone to inherit who knew Venice and had been taught the business , someone who 'd been trained to the position . ’ |
| 15 | ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it . |
| 16 | But if you were describing my act to someone who 'd never seen it , what words would you use ? ’ |
| 17 | The police had been called by someone who 'd spotted the flames . |
| 18 | Trading standards officers were first alerted to the danger by someone who 'd just bought a mixer . |
| 19 | Police hunting the killer of seven-year-old , Nikki Allen , in Sunderland , want to question a mystery woman caller who claimed to know someone who 'd committed a murder . |
| 20 | And what did you think plane someone who 'd never been away from |
| 21 | Occasionally someone who 'd died Another type of undertaking was where somebody had died out of the island . |
| 22 | ‘ We could all be dead in six months , ’ she replied , shaking her head with an air of someone who 'd heard those sort of stories before . |
| 23 | If I had known someone who looked similar to me , we could have walked down the street together , wearing similar clothes or something ; we 'd be holding each other 's hands in a sense , it would have been easier . |
| 24 | Only once in this period did he sleep with someone of his age , and on this occasion he chose someone who looked almost exactly like himself . |
| 25 | Or at least , glimpsed someone who looked remarkably like her . |
| 26 | Anyway , Tony 's people would ask if there was a model staying , or someone who looked like a model . |
| 27 | But I must admit , I , I am a bit snobbish in it , I would move heaven and earth to help someone who looked clean and nice and had good manners . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Because it takes so long for blood alcohol levels to fall , it 's easy for someone who drinks ‘ modestly ’ at lunch time and after work to go over the limit , even though he may take only four units on each occasion . |
| 30 | Minimising — accepting that there are problems but denying that they are of any great significance or that they necessarily have any connection with alcohol or drug use : " An alcoholic is someone who drinks more than I do . " |