Example sentences of "[indef pn] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Someone at the Poly . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I know , you know , someone at the court . |
| 3 | Bad when we meet someone at the station , but unbearable when we are seeing them off ; not present when we are departing ourselves , but unbearable when arriving in London , if only from a day in Brighton . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Excuse me , Dudley , I have to meet someone at the station . ’ |
| 5 | Someone at the station must have told him when they checked your registration . |
| 6 | The fact that they have been asked to continue until the next World Cup makes good common sense and I hope it is a sign that at long last someone at the top is finally making the right decisions . |
| 7 | ‘ All clear , Charles ? ’ shouted the man at the head of the queue to someone at the door . |
| 8 | There 's someone at the door — see who it is . |
| 9 | There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out . |
| 10 | There 's someone at the door — it 's probably the gas man . |
| 11 | On realizing that there was someone at the door , he quickened his pace , so that our view of him was a fugitive one . |
| 12 | Twenty-four in four separate bags for the freezer — listen , there 's someone at the door — can you deliver ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Ah , god Who 's that , someone at the door give me that Kim was |
| 15 | Jane is there someone at the door ? |
| 16 | There 's someone at the door . |
| 17 | ‘ Someone at the church , then . |
| 18 | If someone at the back of the party slips , the load is transmitted straight through to the leader rather than pulling direct on the intermediate members . |
| 19 | Someone at the back yes . |
| 20 | Someone at the back shouted ‘ Vive la France ’ and there was a round of ironic applause . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ What are we going to sing ? ’ called someone at the back . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Someone at the bell — why did his factor and nephew Robert not go out and stop them ? |
| 25 | auditors , sometimes someone at the bank will do it . |
| 26 | 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 ? |
| 27 | ‘ I know there 's a link there somewhere between Martin and someone at the town hall . |
| 28 | 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 ) ) . |
| 29 | The cases came in a rush , in part because social services started referring a backlog of children because there was someone at the hospital prepared to diagnose , she says , and because Dr Wyatt started asking whether sexual abuse might be the problem in cases which had failed to respond to previous treatment . |
| 30 | Now that I 'm famous , whenever I speak to my family , all they want is a signed photo for Enid or Ethel or someone at the office . |