Example sentences of "someone [Wh pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 So clearly in this period the U K holidaymaker moved from being someone who primarily took their holidays in the U K very definitely into someone who was now taking their holidays abroad .
2 Playing against Celtic , however , is generally supposed to be difficult for someone who formerly captained the club and could not say that his regard for them ended on the day he was transferred .
3 At this stage , Pip sees a gentleman to be someone who romantically escapes from the humble world , into a more fairytale-like world .
4 You can get a free safety check on gas appliances and installations from British Gas if : your are over 60 years of age and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies ; you are a registered disabled person of any age and you live alone , or with someone who also qualifies ; or you receive a state disability benefit and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies .
5 You can get a free safety check on gas appliances and installations from British Gas if : your are over 60 years of age and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies ; you are a registered disabled person of any age and you live alone , or with someone who also qualifies ; or you receive a state disability benefit and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies .
6 You can get a free safety check on gas appliances and installations from British Gas if : your are over 60 years of age and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies ; you are a registered disabled person of any age and you live alone , or with someone who also qualifies ; or you receive a state disability benefit and you live alone or with someone who also qualifies .
7 I 'd hate to have someone who also looked terrible with a
8 Among the guests , with girl-friend Babs Feltus , was someone who also knows about mixed doubles — Boris Becker .
9 You may be able to ease the tension somewhat by taking a few deep breaths but you will do even better if you are someone who regularly practises some form of relaxation .
10 And what 's more , someone who already owns a PRS and needs a comparable spare guitar can now have one .
11 This was not ‘ plausible deniability ’ , the provision of a believable cover for someone who already knew the facts ; it was , Poindexter agreed , ‘ absolute ’ deniability , ‘ the ability of the President to deny knowing anything about it , and be very truthful in that process .
12 They are present in house dust ; they stick to clothing , carpets , towels and bedlinen ; they can also be picked up in garden soil , on unwashed vegetables and salads , or from contact with someone who already has worms .
13 Preparation for this type of surgery may be shared with the stoma care nurse and/or the patient may sometimes be introduced to someone who already has a stoma .
14 Yet addiction specialists scoff at the notion that someone who already faces death through overdose or through contracting Aids from hypodermic needles is likely to change his behavour because of a drug test .
15 Although the matter does not arise in this appeal because Woolwich were fully aware of all the relevant circumstances , I can not help feeling that there is some illogicality in treating as voluntary a payment by someone who justifiably believes that the demand is lawful whereas in fact it turns out to be unlawful .
16 Or one of us would rush into the dressing room just before curtain-up and tell Terry there was someone who urgently needed to talk to him on the phone .
17 Suddenly a man will see himself as a sexual failure rather than as someone who simply had not been able to achieve an erection on one single occasion .
18 If you are a keen gardener or have done any fund-raising or interesting travelling , for example , you will appear a more attractive candidate than someone who simply spends their spare time slumped in front of the television .
19 Each time she made a decision to keep away from birds , she was in fact reinforcing and enlarging the fear in her own mind , so that she changed from being someone who simply did not like birds to becoming a person who would actually consider spending the rest of her life within her own four walls rather than risk encountering a few sparrows in her path .
20 From being someone who simply happened to fail his first driving test , he becomes a person who ‘ always goes to pieces when sitting beside the examiner ’ .
21 ‘ The results show that we can be 99 per cent certain that these are the remains of Josef Mengele rather than the remains of someone who coincidentally had precisely the same genetic makeup . ’
22 Someone who frequently uses phrases like ‘ I think ’ , ‘ in the final analysis ’ or ‘ the facts are ’ is indicating a different bent from the speaker who uses ‘ I feel ’ , ‘ in increasing awareness ’ and ‘ let's imagine that ’ .
23 Would somebody with expertise here like to define for the rest of us what what , what differentiates somebody with a , a , an eating disorder , er from someone who 's er a chronic dieter or a chronic worrier or no not a chronic dieter at all , but someone who just thinks about it a lot ?
24 THE SPEAKER — Ideal job for someone who just likes to watch .
25 How could she have reacted like that to someone who clearly despised her ?
26 ’ And this from someone who firmly believed all cats had 666 tattooed on them somewhere under their fur !
27 The BSIA stresses that you should never buy a system from someone who casually turns up on your doorstep .
28 ‘ Make sure it 's someone who really deserves you , ’ Tom told her .
29 ‘ I said any time I wanted it straight I 'd have it with someone who really enjoyed it straight .
30 ‘ Well , ’ insists Barratt stiffly , ‘ I ca n't help admiring someone who really does his homework .
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