Example sentences of "[was/were] someone in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was someone in the corridor . |
| 2 | In this connection it is significant that the main 1979 survey showed that , if people themselves have not decided to start with which type of credit arrangement they were going to use ( in their most recent major credit transaction ) the most common source of suggestion for them was someone in the shop . |
| 3 | Suddenly he became vitally aware that there was someone in the hall with him . |
| 4 | There was someone in the doorway behind the boy . |
| 5 | I assumed it was someone in the police or customs . ’ |
| 6 | Here was someone in the top position virtually starting from scratch as far as the day-to-day running of the various institutions were concerned , When she tried to lay down the law experienced officers found it hard to stomach . |
| 7 | There was someone in the field , two of them . |
| 8 | Mr Templeton said that minutes later he had spoken to a policeman who contradicted that information and said he had been told that there was someone in the building . |