Example sentences of "[indef pn] [Wh pn] have [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 That was quite enough for someone who had just admitted to disliking exchanges of confidence except to his intimates .
2 We could n't talk because I believe he badly wanted to telephone someone who had just returned from China , so it was just a handshake really .
3 ‘ You look pretty sober for someone who 's just started on whisky , ’ said Sarah as they walked towards the bus stop .
4 I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks .
5 If a further infection occurs in someone who has already suffered from scabies , the course of events may be very different .
6 ‘ Well , ’ Athelstan replied , ‘ we should be looking for a man or woman with no background , someone who has suddenly appeared on the scene , but everyone we have talked to has their own little niche . ’
7 In one such performance , James Luna promises to combine ‘ Indian mythology , Christian evangelism , and psychoanalysis to create a double-edged interpretation that has ‘ something for everyone who has ever believed in the romantic vision of the American Indian and bought into the guilt-complex of American history ’ ’ ’ .
8 I care about you , about Susan , about everyone who has ever worked at that factory .
9 Poole , as one who had already thought of emigrating to America , listened sympathetically ; but he saw at once that the scheme could never succeed , remarking to a friend that however perfectible human nature might be , it was ‘ not yet perfect enough ’ for Pantisocracy .
10 No one who had ever stood on the edge of that abyss where she had been teetering for so long , that held hunger and cold , sickness that could not be treated for lack of a shilling , children one could afford neither to raise nor to bury , would have a harsh word to say .
11 No one who had ever struggled in the mire as she had , could fail to understand .
12 Though no more than five feet and seven inches in height , he was strongly built , with the air of one who has just emerged from the gymnasium or the boxing booth .
13 I benefitted amazingly from the experience and I think almost anybody who has ever worked with Lindsay has benefitted from the experience .
14 Anybody who has ever looked at sections of a rat 's brain and then at sections of a monkey 's brain will tell you that they look completely different .
15 Yesterday , Lord Justice Slade , sitting with Lord Justice Mann and Sir David Croom-Johnson , said Mrs Luxmoore-May deserved sympathy , as did anyone who had unwittingly parted with a ‘ sleeper ’ — an item of hitherto unrecognised value .
16 The court must consider appointing as guardian anyone who has previously acted in this capacity for the child but is not obliged to re-appoint .
17 Anyone who has ever participated in a voluntary organisation , youth work or parents ' association will know what a central place is taken by jumble sales and selling raffle tickets ( see Table 9.1 ) .
18 Anyone who has ever played with a gyroscope will know that the object displays a distinct aversion to being turned upside-down ; in many ways the spinning Earth can be viewed as a sort of super-heavy gyroscope .
19 Anyone who has ever suffered at the hands of military pomposity will relish the story of General Patton inspecting a hospital in France and screaming abuse at a man for not coming to attention in his presence , only to be told ‘ Run along , asshole .
20 What 's more , as anyone who has ever flicked through the ‘ Readers ' Wives ’ sections of porno mags will know , pseudo-whorish underwear is as ugly as hell .
21 Anyone who has ever sailed with Phil Andrews will agree that there is never a dull moment or lack of sea time , and my time with him on Valiant was certainly full of those ingredients .
22 Anyone who has ever driven in Japan knows that the country has no modern highway system .
23 As anyone who has ever worked in 32 Smith Square knows , a winning campaign is a good campaign , a losing campaign , however slick , is a bad campaign .
24 Although not new , DELIA SMITH 'S CHRISTMAS ( BBC , Books , £12.95 ) is just the gift for anyone who has never coped with Christmas before .
25 The poison is seldom dangerous but anyone who has accidentally trodden on a sea-urchin while bathing knows how painful the swelling can be .
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