Example sentences of "person [pron] [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it is traumatic , having one 's life turned upside-down like this , discovering I 'm not the person I used to be . |
| 2 | Section 61(2) provides that persons who are entitled to a deposit as trustees shall be treated as ‘ a single and continuing body of persons distinct from the persons who may from time to time be the trustees . ’ |
| 3 | The insider said : ‘ She is frighteningly different from the self-effacing person she used to be . |
| 4 | ‘ Every person who shall by himself or by or in conjunction with any other person , corruptly solicit or receive , for himself , or for any other person , any gift , loan , fee , reward , or advantage whatever as an inducement to , or reward for , or otherwise on account of any member … of a public body … doing or forbearing to do anything in respect of any matter or transaction whatsoever , actual or proposed , in which such public body is concerned shall be guilty of a misdemeanour . ’ |
| 5 | It may be necessary to create a new identity or to rediscover the person we used to be . |
| 6 | There is a standard lie for each club , but for a short person it ought to be one or two degrees flatter . |