Example sentences of "[adj] someone [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes when we 19 were feeling low someone might say , ‘ I 've had a visit , look what I 've got , ’ sort of thing , and we 'd all have a nice time . |
| 2 | I 'm just thinking maybe of a central diary or something , that someone would keep , someone who you know you could relay them with phones |
| 3 | We pledged our identities , secure in the conventions of our trade ; that someone would be watching . |
| 4 | Who knew but that someone might teach typewriting ? |
| 5 | I 'm glad you brought that up really , in a sense , because if you complain about something , very often you can feel o on your own , that you 're the only one that 's doing that someone will take retribution on you |
| 6 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 7 | Well it depends how you want to deal with it , I mean erm , this , the , the , the I think it was just my idea last year of , of sort of erm sharing some of the load I think at that point and hoping that someone could perhaps take over , erm , this just says the following should be elected , A , Chair , B , Secretary and C , Treasurer , but erm |
| 8 | That someone could get half the question right . |
| 9 | From time to time she glanced suspiciously around as if afraid someone might try to grab it off her . |
| 10 | But I 'm afraid of marriage because I 'm afraid someone might want me because of who I am instead of because they loved me . |
| 11 | ‘ Are you — ’ she began , but before she could finish , the little frog was leaping up and down , nodding its head and croaking so loudly that the girls were afraid someone would hear . |
| 12 | ‘ If you are not careful someone will mistake you for a Hearthware , ’ said Ratagan , handing him his sword belt . |
| 13 | The victim 's daughter , who 's been comforted by the Minister at her local Methodist Church , said she could think of no reason why her father should have been attacked , but she was convinced someone must know the killer . |
| 14 | Curtius Kenn was a bloody nuisance , and sooner or later someone would put a ScumStopper under his heart and get himself free drinks on the house for a month . |
| 15 | The fire service say that if the attacks continue sooner or later someone will be killed or seriously injured . |
| 16 | ‘ We also wanted to make sure someone would be collecting her in Germany . |
| 17 | But in terms of induction training , to make sure someone can actually do their job , |
| 18 | but I hope it was the the gist of it , and I 'm sure someone will correct me if I 've got it wrong . |
| 19 | I 'll take you there and I 'm sure someone will bring you back ’ She did n't want to say she was sure Beuno would bring her back because that would make it evident again that she knew the miserable secrets of Betty 's heart . |
| 20 | ‘ Can you make sure someone will let me in , early evening ? ’ |
| 21 | I 'm sure someone will tell us that Wetherall had a great game ( he must have — look at the result ! ) but surely Roecastle would have been a better bet ( or even Hodge ? ) . |
| 22 | Suddenly it stops , and everybody then tries to get a chair , but as there is one short someone will be left standing , and is then out of the game . |
| 23 | The facts are that if you propose an idea , four times out of ten someone will take issue with it by pointing out snags and difficulties ( see Difficulty stating on page 52 ) . |
| 24 | If , on the other hand , you suggest an idea , four times out of ten someone will agree with it . |
| 25 | Looking back , I suppose I was worried someone might be in the chamber . ’ |
| 26 | Under sections 1 and 14 someone can be guilty only if he makes a false statement ‘ in the course of a trade or business . ’ |
| 27 | Doyle was closing his notebook and supervising the removal of the body as if it were a precious exhibit which he was frightened someone would break . |
| 28 | Surely next someone would step up and wipe his brow . |
| 29 | ‘ In 1988 someone would come in and spend £40 per head without even looking at the bill . |
| 30 | Lord Quinton could never have imagined that in the columns of the Library Association Record in 1990 someone would suggest , only half jokingly as we shall see , that the librarian 's motto should be ‘ When in Doubt , Chuck it Out ’ . |