Example sentences of "person who [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | One person who would otherwise appropriate is exempted by s.3(2) . |
| 2 | She was n't the spontaneous kind of person who would just up and leave . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | There was only one person who would really understand , because he was going through exactly the same . |
| 5 | It protects the defendant in that it prevents the jury from speculating on the possible effect of adult literature on a young person who may just happen to see it , although it does not put the prosecution to proof that a majority , or even a substantial number , of readers would be adversely affected . |
| 6 | Training centres are hard-pressed and insufficient in numbers and , with job prospects gloomy for all young people , the now older parents may find it hard to cope with the constant supervision of a young mentally handicapped person who may still exhibit child-like exuberance . |
| 7 | My mum 's the sort of person who 'll just argue with anything , if she thinks she 'll argue with anybody , or anything if she thinks that she 's being swindled , so like , she even went to the extent of having , they , we had an extension built , right , and she , we had it , only fair 's fair , this one particular suite , we had erm , and they , they had this absolutely massive bathroom built , okay not specifically to have a nicer bathroom , but to have a very big room and erm , so they had two sinks , this sounds real extravagant , erm , |
| 8 | He is the kind of person who might even kill you without noticing it . |
| 9 | A family member who did not react to the craziness of Chemical Dependency or other addictive disease would be a very strange , unreactive , person who might well be considered to be at least odd if not ill or crazy himself or herself for not reacting . |
| 10 | In practical terms , the school librarian or teacher may not have the authority to make a final decision on the purchase of a microcomputer but it is important that s/he has some knowledge of what microcomputers can do and what criteria should be used for selection , so that the decision made by the headteacher may be influenced by the person who will ultimately control and use the microcomputer . |
| 11 | Your son/daughter will have a special relationship with one particular person who will always be there for him/her . |
| 12 | The Act does not as a matter of law preclude a court from holding that an action for negligence lies in favour of a person who could formerly have brought an action based on loss of services but in view of the current law on economic loss it seems most unlikely that such a development will occur . |
| 13 | In fact , the kind of person who could easily keep a deformed monster alive in eternal agony . |
| 14 | She 's a wonderful lady , a wonderful mother , not simple or anything like that , just a very trusting person who could never bring herself to speak ill of anyone . ’ |
| 15 | I think Dad was the kind of person who could only love one person in his life . |
| 16 | ‘ My younger sister is the only person who could possibly take the girls if we died , and I 'm not sure that she would really want them . |
| 17 | Graham said : ‘ I am not the sort of person who can just sit around reading . |
| 18 | She 's the kind of person who 'd probably forget to eat or sleep for days while she was painting , then eat ravenously for the next week to make up , if she could . |
| 19 | The trouble was , they thought , that the person who 'd really regret it the most would be the one nome who was eaten . |