Example sentences of "[pron] at the " in BNC.
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| 31 | If you saw someone you knew and you shouted out to them , you were in dead trouble , even if you shouted hello , or if you asked someone at the next table for a cigarette . |
| 32 | Bob 's phone rang , and while he was talking Dyson , who was sitting back in his chair and waiting for someone at the other end of the line , covered up the mouthpiece of his phone and said , ‘ Are you coming to the funeral , Tess ? ’ |
| 33 | She turned the heavy , white porcelain door knob and pushed gently , then switched off the torch in case she was seen by someone at the back of the house , and entered the bedroom . |
| 34 | The responsibility for bearing human beings was too great for a human being to bear : to bring a child into the world was a terrible thing to do unless you could be sure that there was someone at the end to take it out with at least as much love and care as you had brought it in with . |
| 35 | If the bankrupt can not himself prepare a proper statement of affairs , the official receiver may either employ someone at the expense of the estate to assist in its preparation ( r 6.63(1) ) or make an allowance out of the estate to a named person to assist the bankrupt in its preparation ( r 6.63(2) and ( 3 ) ) . |
| 36 | Over his coffee , Pascoe toyed with permutations of possibilities in which Felstead or Evans had written the letter ( all the letters ? ) , in which Mary Connon had a lover ( someone at the Club ? |
| 37 | Advantages : An agency can usually find you someone at the last minute . |
| 38 | ‘ Someone at the Poly . ’ |
| 39 | On realizing that there was someone at the door , he quickened his pace , so that our view of him was a fugitive one . |
| 40 | Twenty-four in four separate bags for the freezer — listen , there 's someone at the door — can you deliver ? |
| 41 | ‘ Then one evening this down-to-earth painter from Harrow got down from his ladder to talk to someone at the end of the passage . |
| 42 | Most schools have appointed someone at the middle management level or above ( see Figure 1 ) . |
| 43 | They 'd danced to Michael 's band and her glossy pink trousers flashed and moved in the dimmed lights , and he had felt elated and mildly drunk , and had lost most of the inhibitions he 'd had about dancing , until it became clear to his confused brain that the drummer , who had soft dark hair and was probably a potential Celtic supporter , was getting on so well with Amanda that perhaps they should move on elsewhere , and he swayed out of the room , pushing her in front of him , and bumped into someone at the door , and had realised it was the man in the raincoat , only he was in a dark suit and a tie with geometric designs . |
| 44 | ‘ I know , you know , someone at the court . |
| 45 | ‘ Excuse me , Dudley , I have to meet someone at the station . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ What are we going to sing ? ’ called someone at the back . |
| 47 | ‘ Someone at the church , then . |
| 48 | When he assumed the role of the accountant and conducted the whole conversation with someone at the other end who was trying to make an appointment , he was brilliant . ’ |
| 49 | That meant he carried on and when someone at the last moment dropped out , he dropped in ; it was more or less par for the course that , by the end of 1944 , a very large number of Pathfinders had notched up 70 or more sorties . |
| 50 | The idea was of staking out the estate and counting on someone at the appropriate moment . |
| 51 | ‘ I know there 's a link there somewhere between Martin and someone at the town hall . |
| 52 | Someone at the station must have told him when they checked your registration . |
| 53 | Rachel Stevens blinked as Ron Banks , the health and safety officer , flicked the switch of the video recorder and someone at the back of the room turned on the light . |
| 54 | Someone at the next table echoed that in a foreign accent and Ruth turned to smile at him and raise her glass in a mutual toast . |
| 55 | They got the losers ' medals , in the end , though someone at the FA should get round to re-naming them the runners-up medals . |
| 56 | U-turns , at least , imply a conscious act of steering by someone at the wheel . |
| 57 | They said : ‘ The last thing we would do if we suspected drugs were being imported would be to tell the agent or importer because they may be in touch with someone at the point of origin . |
| 58 | Ah , god Who 's that , someone at the door give me that Kim was |
| 59 | Jane is there someone at the door ? |
| 60 | It 's so funny it 's real entertainment someone at the Tate said er , you know when I told them I bought the bird bath , they said you will have lots of pleasure with that and I think I have . |