Example sentences of "that someone [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I feel like an old Marie biscuit that someone 's left under the sofa . ’
2 One of the things wrong with porn , therefore , is that someone 's — usually the woman 's — autonomy is violated .
3 ‘ He wanted to tell me that someone 's died . ’
4 ‘ Well I agree that someone 's being misled , ’ Gina retorted impatiently .
5 One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do .
6 These could all be due to a number of different factors but they may be signs that someone is drinking too much .
7 Dr Tadecki said : ‘ Research in America indicates that someone is up to 50 per cent more likely to lose their temper if they regularly watch violent television programmes such as The Equalizer . ’
8 The ideal tactics should be a mixture of both , but only if a clear message can be communicated to the Hong Kong people that someone is standing up for them somewhere .
9 Most people feel that the church ‘ knows about death ’ , and that someone is n't really treated with proper respect and dignity at the time of their funeral unless the church is present .
10 It means that someone is being kept out of the know , and it 's often been me in the past , and it 's me now .
11 I understand ; I mean , you want to know that someone is n't just making the whole thing up when they talk about a man being that special to them .
12 Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) .
13 I suspect , ’ continued Dotty , unaware of Ella 's heightened blood pressure , ‘ that someone is stealing my eggs .
14 Once you have noticed that someone is feeling strongly about something find a way to acknowledge this as chairman .
15 Hence the importance of the residential and extracurricular activity — above all occasions and activities in which the teenager can know that someone is unobtrusively and undemandingly interested in them .
16 Once you have concluded that someone is being autocratic this is likely to become self-reinforcing .
17 It is easier , for example , to conclude that someone is being abrupt if you only have what they say and how they say it to go on .
18 Too often , friends and colleagues react to the information that someone is suffering from depression either by agreeing that they often feel a bit down themselves but manage to cope , or else by treating the person as if he or she were suffering from mental disease .
19 And if we can learn more about their sensitivity to ultrasonic sounds , we may finally grasp how they can ‘ know ’ that someone is approaching from a great distance .
20 Why do we say that someone is grinning like a Cheshire Cat ?
21 Also the decision to employ or not to employ is based ont he particular case : it is extremely rare that someone is given a job just because they went to a particular university .
22 You move closer , and find that someone is at the bottom of a deep pit .
23 As you approach the cave , you notice that someone is there .
24 ‘ You can not live your life in fear that someone is going to attack you .
25 Say that someone is considering buying something which ( in early 1980 ) cost £100 .
26 When you suspect that someone is flattering you in order to manipulate , or responding in an artificial manner , ask for specific detail .
27 ‘ The fact that these tapes and stories keep reappearing at regular intervals suggests that someone is behind this attempt to hurt him .
28 Our argument is that a discussion about whether positivist or natural law theories are correct is as useful as a discussion about whether Italian or Greek is the correct language to speak : it is however useful to recognise that someone is an Italian speaker if one wants to communicate with him .
29 If we know that someone is injured , I as the doctor will go out too .
30 You may want your dog to bark initially , to alert you to the fact that someone is at the door .
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