Example sentences of "someone [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will always be necessary for someone to attend the registrar 's office in person . |
| 2 | Merrill 's dark eyebrows lifted a little ; surely there ought to be a reception desk , and someone to attend to visitors ? |
| 3 | He could touch — he could caress — Meh'Lindi in this murderous alien guise like someone stroking a kitten , as though he was absolved from the normal punctilios of duty and common sense . |
| 4 | The peace and quiet of the morning was shattered by someone bellowing something from the direction of Brigade H.Q Suddenly into view comes the Brigadier , Derek Mills Roberts . |
| 5 | A moment 's reflection would have helped him to see the folly , cruelty , and hypocrisy of trying to force someone to acknowledge this . |
| 6 | The Headmaster had even let Mr Crangle buy a safety net so the expedition could continue if someone became stuck in the shelves . |
| 7 | Vicars bribed with halfpennies and were known to pressure parents about what was expected before someone became an appropriate recipient of charity . |
| 8 | — Did you know he was Jewish , someone asked ? — The Queen 's physician ? — No , Michael Caine . |
| 9 | ‘ What did you think of the show ? ’ someone asked me after Yves Saint Laurent . |
| 10 | If someone asked you , who is that man ? you said , oh , she was wounded in the war , you know . |
| 11 | Someone asked if she was all right and she found this such a strange question . |
| 12 | ‘ Why ? ’ someone asked . |
| 13 | Then someone asked me where the station was , and she was deaf , and I had to trumpet like an elephant for about ten minutes … . |
| 14 | I heard that Uncle Tommy was in Barnard Castle one day when someone asked him , ‘ Are ye owt'a kin to yon John Bell ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ What if it does n't surface up there ? ’ someone asked . |
| 16 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 17 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
| 18 | There was a lot of laughter , not the least when someone asked the whereabouts of Alan and Joy , and I said that Alan had gone to be induced ! |
| 19 | ‘ What else will she test us on ? ’ someone asked . |
| 20 | ‘ Someone asked if we were on honeymoon . |
| 21 | " How many guards … " someone asked . |
| 22 | " What — with France ? " someone asked from the back . |
| 23 | ‘ I wonder how you 'd describe me if someone asked you , ’ she said . |
| 24 | ‘ What 's going to happen next ? ’ someone asked . |
| 25 | But if someone asked me what the " oldest tree in the park " meant , or what " oak " meant , or what the meaning of the sentence as a whole was , I would have to explain to him the meaning of these expressions with the help of some other expressions which he could understand . |
| 26 | It seems that on Tour someone asked Lee Trevino who was the leading money-winner . |
| 27 | We talked about the moths for a bit , and then someone asked what she had done with the mask . |
| 28 | Just outside Kas harbour , someone asked , ‘ Where are the boys ? ’ |
| 29 | Someone asked the reason for such haste . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you argue ? ’ someone asked them . |