Example sentences of "[be] someone in the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , ’ Athelstan continued , ‘ the assassin may have been someone in the Tower who knew where Sir Ralph lay , and seized the opportunity of the moat freezing over to gain access to the footholds on the North Bastion . |
| 2 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 3 | This meant that his grandad was temporarily unavailable for a ‘ tap ’ , but there was bound to be someone in the cafe who would stand him a coffee . |
| 4 | " What you need now is someone in the basement who might just leave a window open for you … " |
| 5 | There is someone in the department who could give you a good , competent briefing on almost anything . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Well , there 's someone in the hospital who is very sick . |
| 7 | It 's really made my day , to discover that there 's someone in the world who still does n't know who the seven major shareholders in GEC , Westinghouse , Con Edison , NBC , and CBS are ! ’ |