Example sentences of "[prep] [indef pn] who [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked around for someone who would fill him in on the gossip . |
| 2 | Lay off , and save your preachings for someone who 'll appreciate them . ’ |
| 3 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 4 | We were always looking for someone who could give us help . |
| 5 | I feel I am at last in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |
| 6 | I feel I shall at last be in the hands of someone who will bring me back to health , to life . |
| 7 | They 're trying to think of someone who will lend them a stereo . |
| 8 | If the message contains the word ‘ Secure ’ , that means the words following make up the introductory identification of someone who will contact him and give him orders . |
| 9 | As yet , I know of nobody who could beat me . ’ |
| 10 | As yet , I know of nobody who could beat me ’ |
| 11 | 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 , |
| 12 | Through reflecting on and articulating aspects of my Christian life and discipleship — my hopes and fears , my successes and failures — with someone who will help me look for the Spirit 's direction , my private world becomes shared , I can make more sense of my pilgrimage and continue in it supported . |
| 13 | Finding out does n't have to be chore , so if you have any questions call the Action Team and they 'll put you in touch with someone who can tell you exactly what help you can get . |
| 14 | Instead , he might be cursed with one who would rob him blind and charge him three-times the wages for the privilege . |
| 15 | I spent most of the day mooching around Winnipeg , seeing a couple of owners once in a shop selling Eskimo sculptures , but never coming face to face with anyone who might know me . |
| 16 | They are naturally keen to have contact with anyone who can help them with Oxford spares of all kinds . |
| 17 | The porter was tipped , Alain was in the driving seat , and she was being swept away by a complete stranger to a house she did n't know at all , far away from anyone who would help her . |
| 18 | As far as beta blockade is concerned there are two approaches : one is the pragmatic approach , to prescribe it for everybody who can tolerate it , and not to investigate because of cost ( beta blockade is relatively cheap ) ; the other approach is to investigate all patients in the hope of giving focused therapy . |
| 19 | Amanda Tooth said that hard times made Antonia set her sights on someone who could help her make a name . |
| 20 | He 'd not leave it to someone who would turn it over . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Personally , I would much rather just give it away to someone who can handle it if I could find them . |
| 23 | Your GP and your health visitor are sources of help , and can arrange suitable treatment , or refer you to someone who can help you . |
| 24 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
| 25 | Mr William Waldegrave , Britain 's cabinet minister in charge of science , has offered a bottle of decent champagne to one who can tell him why the Higgs boson is worth finding ( see page 781 ) . |
| 26 | Oliver was led away to be locked up , and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work . |
| 27 | Another Halket satire : ‘ A dialogue between the Devil and George II ’ , an imaginary , scurrilous discussion which did nothing for King George 's reputation , so incensed his son , Butcher Cumberland , that he offered £100 reward to anyone who would bring him Halket 's body . |
| 28 | The locusts are available to anyone who 'd like them , especially schools |
| 29 | The period opened with the usual resistance from the inhabitants , who dug an open grave for William Fairchild , the surveyor of King 's Sedgemoor , and announced ‘ a reward of a hogshead of cider … to anyone who could catch him ’ . |
| 30 | In the space of a few years , Zurich plans to complete its switch from selling standard products ( such as property , motor and accident insurance ) to anyone who will buy them to fashioning customised insurance packages for specific groups . |