Example sentences of "to someone in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said then , very quickly , like a trick question to someone in the Yes/No interlude on the Michael Miles Quiz Show : ‘ Marriage Guidance did n't do much for your need to dump , did it ? ’ |
| 2 | It occurred to someone in the library that whoever had stolen the four volumes would certainly be after the fifth to complete his collection , so instead of watching people they watched the surviving book . |
| 3 | If you speak to someone in the department ask it you can have their name in case you need to telephone again ; |
| 4 | I carried mine , then I put it in my pocket and further along the route I gave it to someone in the crowd . ’ |
| 5 | It was Cheeks — dead Cheeks — squatting nude , snorting a line of zooper-blast from her pocket mirror , talking to someone in the bedroom . |
| 6 | While he looked the back door opened , and a woman came out , calling over her shoulder to someone in the house , as she came . |
| 7 | ‘ Put me through to the police office , please , ’ he said to someone in the outer office . |
| 8 | A minute may sound a short time , but it can easily mean the difference between life and death to someone in the water . ’ |
| 9 | Outside the front door , which was open , she could see her father standing talking to someone in the porch . |
| 10 | ‘ Not for a measly fifty , ’ William laughs , as he and Andy pull together and draw together , tottering on the seat while Andy throws the emptied bottle to someone in the crowd and is handed another full magnum by his partner in The Gadget Shop , a fellow ex-ad-man who 's a few years older than Andy . |
| 11 | I was talking to someone in the Federation the other day , the Police Federation , trying to tease out this idea a and they said the sort of a permanent Under Secretary . |