Example sentences of "[noun sg] that someone [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A punctured car wheel that someone was repairing lay in the centre of the floor with half its inner tube hanging out like a paunched rabbit . |
| 2 | Though the landing was empty and there was n't a sound all around , she had the strangest sensation that someone was there . |
| 3 | ‘ Jumped to the rather melodramatic conclusion that someone was following you ? ’ |
| 4 | With Pluto in Scorpio you have had an uneasy feeling that someone was plotting against you . |
| 5 | And I had a vague sense that someone was making a film of us making the film ! ) |
| 6 | A declaration that someone was acting as a " quasi-arbitrator " would be likely itself to be the subject of a future application to the court as to what the declaration meant … |
| 7 | He did n't see anyone down there , but he insists that as he passed the alcove at the end of the gallery , he had the strong impression that someone was sitting in there , watching him . ’ |
| 8 | One evening , however , as the never-failing north wind freshened , rustling the tops of the dom palms as he walked back to the harbour quarter , he had the impression that someone was dogging his steps . |