Example sentences of "that someone was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am also extremely grateful that someone was generous enough to donate their relative 's organ at a time of extreme personal stress . |
| 2 | Well , like , I can remember when the word went round that someone was coming to do research on the RUC . |
| 3 | A few French Commandos were making their way across the farmyard in the direction of a large barn where it appeared that someone was attempting to prepare breakfast . |
| 4 | I would feel bad if I knew for certain that someone was going to cosh me with a lead pipe on January 15 of that year . |
| 5 | Alida Thorne took her tea cup and felt better now that someone was taking charge , running the immediate affairs of the house . |
| 6 | He assumed that someone was contributing ; it was ‘ in the air ’ and ‘ in the atmosphere ’ ; but he was too busy to ask questions , and , besides , you never knew what might be ‘ compartmented or committed or authorized ’ . |
| 7 | We were speechless , but we morbidly crept towards him when a sudden snap from the forest warned that someone was approaching and we ran along the beach then through the trees , hearts pounding , and gasping for breath . |
| 8 | He appears to have been pleased that someone was fostering the substance which so interested him , and went away with a sample of Oxford material , which was more potent than any he had himself prepared . |
| 9 | In the past , when members of my family had dreamt of policemen , it had meant that someone was going to die . |
| 10 | A punctured car wheel that someone was repairing lay in the centre of the floor with half its inner tube hanging out like a paunched rabbit . |
| 11 | They were all very heartened that someone was at last taking an interest : I only wish I had had a tape recorder ! |
| 12 | And that someone was John Delaney . |
| 13 | He did n't see anyone down there , but he insists that as he passed the alcove at the end of the gallery , he had the strong impression that someone was sitting in there , watching him . ’ |
| 14 | You say you did n't see the statuette , but you told Sergeant Bird earlier that your attention was directed towards that alcove , where you felt that someone was hiding … ’ |
| 15 | As Meryl held out the plate of petits-fours laughingly to Lee , she knew that someone was standing by her shoulder . |
| 16 | And I had a vague sense that someone was making a film of us making the film ! ) |
| 17 | Stephen became convinced that someone was following him . ’ |
| 18 | He stopped , glanced towards the half-open door , and all the blood drained from his face as he realised that someone was standing there , out of sight . |
| 19 | My informant thinks that what he saw was genuine and was certain that someone was down there , his mate in the other box was equally sure that he too saw the figure . |
| 20 | It is extremely likely , also , that someone was waiting for them at their intended destination . |
| 21 | Perhaps talking to her about Rob made him feel that someone was dancing on his own grave . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , that someone was wrong , ’ Vi said grimly . |
| 23 | The words simply mean that Jesus was conscious that someone was seeking his help . |
| 24 | Neighbour Muriel Harding-Newman , 79 , said : ‘ We could see the cows were stamping and kicking and that someone was trying to push them away but they would n't move . |
| 25 | Jasper wondered if the man in uniform had actually seen Chris on the roof of the car , had had a phone call from Kensington High Street that someone was on the roof of a car , or if he knew nothing except what that woman was telling him . |
| 26 | Far above on the moor we could see some new machinery which meant that someone was working out the tailings for spar and barytes for the North Sea oil industry where they 're used in the drilling Processes . |
| 27 | I forgot that someone was living illegally in Paris on the floor of my home and demanding a large sum of money to leave . |
| 28 | And then , when she looked at the high terrace with its pots of trailing geraniums , she could see nothing for the shadow was so intense — not the pale blob of a face or the movement of a hand — but she was suddenly as sure as she could be of anything that someone was standing there , looking down , waiting for them to get out of the car and watching them . |
| 29 | He told me he had heard I was being watched , and that someone was looking for Magwitch . |
| 30 | When he passed the churchyard , and the ancient trees around it , he noticed that someone was standing behind one of the trees . |