Example sentences of "someone [Wh pn] has be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He talks about his ileostomy ( a permanent colostomy ) with the lack of embarrassment that only someone who has been through it can . |
| 2 | A not-so-good euphemism for someone who has tried to do him/herself in by hurling him/herself beneath a moving tube train , or someone who has been jostled from a congested platform on to the track , or some kicky kid indulging in Tube surfing-travelling outside the train and hanging on , and falling off , like John Koporo , age 11 , who in 1987 at Kilburn became the sport 's first victim . |
| 3 | Asking someone who has been closely associated with garden flowers for more than 50 years to name his favourite one is rather like asking King Solomon to name his favourite wife — I love then all ! |
| 4 | Oh sir , do you look at me and say you see someone who has been doing the ill-treating ? ’ |
| 5 | Someone who has been training horses for years once told me that the most important thing is to keep your youngster ‘ thinking forwards ’ . |
| 6 | It is not a good idea simply to rely on advertisements in the local paper but far better to go to someone who has been recommended to you by a friend who has been successfully treated . |
| 7 | ( And before you shudder at the thought , may I , as someone who has been on the receiving end , assure you that it does not hurt . |
| 8 | Now , you might feel that there is a significant difference between a murderer or bank robber and someone who has been wrongfully convicted of murder or bank robbery . |
| 9 | ( 25 ) If someone who has been instructed to construct a building is prepared to give the money to the town for it to do so itself , since the testator wished this to be done by that person himself , his plea will not be heard : so ruled the late emperor Marcus in a rescript . |
| 10 | Some parents may face disappointment when they find that their child is to marry someone who has been married before and already has children . |
| 11 | There are no clear-cut signs and symptoms that will identify someone who has been sniffing . |
| 12 | I promptly eased it back onto the lap and desperately tried to imitate someone who has been asleep for hours , with his arm wrapped fiercely round his dog . |
| 13 | On the other hand , if she is someone who has been used to dominating those around her , you should quietly refuse to be included in her ‘ managing ’ tactics . |
| 14 | I find his thesis correct in general , but should like to add that the corruption which amounts to violence is likely to be suppressed in someone who has been trained to be a good little girl and can , as one of his own case histories demonstrates , express itself in other , less overt , terms . |
| 15 | Richard said , still sounding no more than irritated , and a trifle superior , like someone who has been held up on his way home by a street brawl . |
| 16 | It is the limping walk of someone who has been crippled — the Greek name for it is the ‘ iamb ’ , which means ‘ lame man ’ — people who have been manacled , marked , banned , chartered . |
| 17 | Then she marched back to the front of the class , dusting off her hands one against the other like someone who has been handling something rather grimy . |
| 18 | A thrill went through Alice , as when someone who has been talking for a lifetime about unicorns suddenly glimpses one . |
| 19 | Someone who has been in residential care for a number of years may initially find independent living a frightening prospect . |
| 20 | But as someone who has been away from the industry for five years , I see a surprisingly rosy future for the book itself . |
| 21 | As someone who has been admitted into psychiatric care 16 times in the past 25 years and has usually received acute care in asylum style settings , I shed few tears for the disappearance of these places . |
| 22 | Only someone who has been in Moscow can fully appreciate that it is a city in which the warmth and intelligence of the people sometimes compensates for a basic implacable drear which , however submerged , remains the dominant backdrop to all pleasures . |
| 23 | ‘ She is unable to give an interview to someone who has been so rude to her , ’ he told Groom curtly , but agreed to furnish her himself with the few facts she needed . |
| 24 | She reached across the desk , grabbed the instrument and began tapping out a number with the angry , impatient air of someone who has been kept waiting for an unacceptably long time . |
| 25 | If someone else is living in your home , for example someone who has been caring for you , this may also mean the value is not taken into account . |
| 26 | If goods are sold at an auction to someone who has been a party to such an agreement to abstain from bidding , then the seller can rescind the contract . |
| 27 | In our day and age , can you think of someone who has been so full of the Spirit that he 's had the courage to preach even when his own life was at stake ? |
| 28 | Despite the fact that unvented hot water cylinders often come with all the components pre-fitted to the hot water cylinder , the Building Regulations require the use of an ‘ Approved Installer ’ — which means someone who has been on a proper training course . |
| 29 | The June 5 announcement that Foreign Minister Ghozali was to be the new Prime Minister prompted favourable international press comment ; Tehran radio said that he was " recognized by the Islamists as someone who has been away from domestic confrontation " . |
| 30 | The first came from a man in the front row , a crumpled , resilient-looking individual with the look of someone who has been dropped on his head from a great height at some stage in his life . |