Example sentences of "[Wh pn] 's [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You do n't look like a man who 's just escaped from a fire . ’ |
| 2 | Arms and fists raised like a footballer who 's just scored a goal , Austin Currie took his kudos , from the audience of 500 in the packed conference hall of the Slieve Donard Hotel . |
| 3 | ‘ When you have a real problem with drink and drugs , when you 're in your twenties , you 're still young and everything , ’ reflects Shaun , who 's just turned 30 . |
| 4 | As a PC depreciates faster than a catwalk model who 's just turned 30 , here are my tips for those of you who do n't want to lose your shirts : |
| 5 | It — it hurts , being around someone who 's just killed someone … or hurt them . |
| 6 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 7 | We have another chap who 's just joined who is so shy , I mean Desmond knows him , and he 's contributing and sitting there and typing . |
| 8 | ‘ But not to a midget who 's just eaten my lunch and whom I 've subsequently insulted , who then turns out to be one of the world 's top dress designers . |
| 9 | You look like a kid who 's just discovered Father Christmas does n't exist . ’ |
| 10 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've captured a very gay hairdresser who 's just wet his pants . ’ |
| 12 | I look at McDunn , the one friendly-ish face in here and the only one I can look at without feeling like a five-year-old who 's just wet his pants . |
| 13 | When Gilda heard what happened , she said , ‘ A man who 's just staggered out of a nasty relationship wants a bloody nursemaid at first , and then he wants to play the field for a bit . |
| 14 | Today we 'll hear from polytechnic lecturer Reg James , who 's just made a film of the special needs Brickwall School , and from local remedial tutor Dave Pollock , who 'll give us some suggestions for teacing dyslexic children . |
| 15 | The seminar organizers are Robert Osborne , who 's just crept in , Judy Rainer — I wonder where Judy 's sitting — with the hand Ivor Bertram who has n't arrived yet , he 'll be arriving at lunchtime , and myself . |
| 16 | i who 's that firm at the side of him who 's just gone |
| 17 | ‘ The biggest mistake you can make is to go to someone who 's just separated and say , ‘ I 'm glad you left him or her . |
| 18 | ‘ For someone who 's just attempted something incredibly stupid , you 've got nerve , I will say that , ’ he observed , his gaze flickering to the comb in her white-knuckled fingers . |
| 19 | Show me a frowning British woman on a beach , and I 'll show someone who 's just spotted a mid-thigh clump the wax did n't reach . |
| 20 | But it was n't OK and when I reached for my bishop , he 'd wave his arms over the board like a referee who 's just counted somebody out — and change his move . |
| 21 | He did n't know the correct etiquette for replying to a lady who 's just told you her recently-murdered husband was impotent . |
| 22 | Have you ever considered to stop to think , well it it might be your son , your daughter , who 's just passed their test , and that 's doing this in er and just does n't know any better . |
| 23 | A doctor who 's just returned from helping victims of the civil war in Somalia has been describing how the surgeon next to him was shot in the operating theatre as they were trying to save a patient 's life . |
| 24 | She does n't , well that 's the one who 's just married now to that guy Richard with that big farm . |
| 25 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 26 | I do , according to my best friend who 's just had a baby . |
| 27 | As a thousand fists beat as one , Flav , the rap equivalent of The Sugarcubes ' Einar , breaks into his regular spoilt kid routine , jumping up and down like someone who 's just had his pocket money stopped , while the ‘ menacing ’ S1Ws , clad in slick white sailor suits , make an appearance as evacuees from a Person advert . |
| 28 | He 's the one who 's just had a breakdown . |
| 29 | about the Olympic champion , he 'll be in Rome , he 'll be ready for the World Championships , I think he 's had an easy summer so far , but we 've got the likes of Sergio Lopez who 's just taken my European record away , there 's two Americans ; Kirl Stattel and Mike Barryman who 've just gone under the old World Record , so there 's perhaps a dozen of us that are really shouting and trying to get up to number one position . |
| 30 | ‘ A neurotic , ’ he said , ‘ is a man who 's just worked out what 's going on . ’ |