Example sentences of "someone [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
| 2 | The other night , for example , after a meeting in Holyhead , someone asked how many people had been present . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays . |
| 4 | Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album . |
| 5 | I ask you and someone got up and like turned the |
| 6 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Someone got in from the sea-wall . |
| 8 | As he led the way to the kitchen and put the kettle on , he muttered , ‘ Sounds as though someone got out of bed the wrong … ’ |
| 9 | Outside , sprockets whirred as someone rode past on a bicycle . |
| 10 | I have been using the playhouse for about ten years now and going back to the point that someone made earlier about sex well about erm racism sexism is does n't that count as censorship . |
| 11 | So , for example , someone met initially at work may be brought home to a meal , or arrangements may be made to go out to the theatre , perhaps . |
| 12 | Another rifleman had bartered some of his Red Cross parcel for a loaf of bread ; ‘ The conditions of living and surviving had made us all as cunning as foxes ’ , so this rifleman that night slept with it under his neck , but someone crept up and cut off both the ends . |
| 13 | Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’ |
| 14 | And the audience laughed , with relief rather than humor , and from somewhere at the back someone clapped loudly , making the laughter rise again before it subsided into silence . |
| 15 | At first I thought they was bits of paper or summat that someone chucked in , but when the big boat went past , they all flew off . |
| 16 | Someone phoned earlier . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ But someone found out and leaked the news . |
| 18 | And someone shouted out , I shout out Billy |
| 19 | Suddenly , someone let out an enormous burp . |
| 20 | The door opened , and her presentiments were realised as someone moved stealthily across the carpeted floor , the narrow beam of a torch flitting over the low couch and the bureau set against the far wall . |
| 21 | Poppy seemed so much happier — the staff at the home had obviously helped to build her trust in people , although she still cowered if someone bent down to make a fuss of her . |
| 22 | ‘ Mr Shatford 's Company of Players ’ arrived in town in the July of 1800 , consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Shatford themselves , together with 11 men , one ‘ Miss ’ , five ‘ Mrs. 's ’ and someone described darkly as a ‘ young lady of Bath … ’ . |
| 23 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 24 | He surfed the reef breaks — La Jolla , Windansea , Swamis — until one day someone came up to him and said , ‘ With the kind of lines you draw you should go and surf Hawaii . ’ |
| 25 | It 's much like a DYPP , and should really have been called DXPP , but someone came up with the name Tech-Tech first ( on the other hand , just try to pronounce DXPP ! ) . |
| 26 | Only a day or two after The Graduate opened , someone came up to him in the street and said , ‘ You know something ? |
| 27 | Car horns had no effect , and we were beginning to think that shanks ' pony was the only way of attracting his attention when someone came up with this idea . ) |
| 28 | ‘ A few weeks ago , someone came up to a tagger with the KWS tagging crew , ’ Boyle said . |
| 29 | As they sat there someone came up and , as was not unusual , joined them in their conversation . |
| 30 | I reckon hed kick someones bollox if someone came up to do that to him . |