Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] someone was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am also extremely grateful that someone was generous enough to donate their relative 's organ at a time of extreme personal stress . |
| 2 | They were all very heartened that someone was at last taking an interest : I only wish I had had a tape recorder ! |
| 3 | Stephen became convinced that someone was following him . ’ |
| 4 | The words simply mean that Jesus was conscious that someone was seeking his help . |
| 5 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 6 | The back of the canvas chair had been turned towards the town , and in the gloom it was not immediately apparent that someone was sitting in it . |
| 7 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 8 | My informant thinks that what he saw was genuine and was certain that someone was down there , his mate in the other box was equally sure that he too saw the figure . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd really like to run the 400 , but I would n't be disappointed if someone was running better than me and they decided to take him , ’ said Black , whose domestic pre-eminence was sensationally ended by Grindley in Barcelona . |
| 10 | Er it might be nice if someone was to er obtain something . |