Example sentences of "[pron] is [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 But someone is onto you .
2 ‘ I felt that Ben panicked in our race in Seville , ’ Carl said , ‘ and if someone is with him at sixty metres then I think he is vulnerable . ’
3 Should they be speeding up because someone is behind them ?
4 For instance , if you speak about one you love who has betrayed you , you are afraid that if you shut the door on that person they will never come back and find the love which is between you both .
5 and you 're a visitor there which is as it should be .
6 In much the same way , nearly all creature comforts must be sacrificed for performance — a condition which is worth it most of the time , but very occasionally not .
7 I 've heard him shouting at Nicola in their bedroom , which is below mine , so I know that his polished and polite air is not the whole story .
8 It is equalled only by my love for truth which is to me synonymous with non-violence through which … alone I can see and reach Truth . ’
9 I once spent a whole rehearsal on the Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann , which is for me one of the most tragic things in opera .
10 To dwell on the Caledonian Canal for a moment , this was my first of many passages through which is for me the most beautiful of all the canals — the ultimate in inland waterways , so I had been looking forward to it immensely .
11 However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest .
12 However , he says he is glad to have had an experience which afforded him ‘ unique access ’ to what he calls ‘ The Grand Theme : Life and Death ’ and to have lived through a slice of contemporary history , which is for him an important interest .
13 Third , her dispute with ‘ interpretation ’ , which is for her also a dispute with any kind of critical theory , is due to the assumptions of cultural differentiation built into the former and latter .
14 If your complaint can not be resolved locally , your representative will ask you to complete a report form , the original of which is for you and a copy will be forwarded to our Head Office .
15 This is my body , which is for you , do this as a memorial of me …
16 Discovery of the ownership of the Blue Parrot will enable a person to know the form of business organization which is behind it .
17 Discovery of the ownership of the Blue Parrot will enable a person to know the form of business organization which is behind it .
18 You have to start from a pain of yours and conceive of there being something like this which hurts but which does not hurt you , and also that there could be something which is like you but not you for such pains to hurt .
19 ‘ What person can know a man 's thoughts , ’ he asks , ‘ except the spirit of the man which is in him ?
20 I want to try and get one before May before the exam , but there is a superb production on i the summer , it 's on June and July and it 's at an open-air theatre erm in Lincolnshire and what people do is they go and take a picnic and you sort of take your rug and sit there and cos it it 'll be hot in the summer it would be really nice and you watch it outdoors and it 's in this big stately home which is in it 's own grounds and there 's gift shops and restaurants and bars and obviously wo n't go in the bars but you know there 's lo it 's beautiful and like a big stately home you can wander round the gardens for a bit and then go and watch the performance and if it rains then there 's a canopy you can pull the canopy over like at Wimbledon and you know it 's a really nice day .
21 It 's just that she had a headache and was a bit reticent about it , which is unlike her .
22 Uncertainty occurs where the court is not sure whether the statute was designed to cover the factual situation which is before it for decision .
23 At that hearing , according to information which is before us but which was not before the judge , the first appellant was not present .
24 Our father thinks you are the best man to carry out the task which is before us , and so you have our support , whatever you decide . ’
25 Right ‘ Thou standest on the threshold of days which are unknown , Thou standest at the gate where your path 's unmapped and shown , But God himself is with thee , thy Saviour keep a friend , And he will not forsake thee nor leave thee 'till the end , Thou pausest on the threshold , enfolded lies a year , But with God 's arms beneath thee , there is no cause to fear .
26 Nobody is on it .
27 He said I could never replace her he said e nobody is to she is he said I just could n't , he said I 'd you know , I 'd pay what I 'd have
28 She is worth it . ’
29 Life passes through her domain , but she is not of it ; she is beyond it .
30 Poor Lucy , he 's a dreadful embarrassment to her , nearly as bad as she is to him . ’
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