Example sentences of "be someone [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Who the other call was to Jihan has never revealed , but it is certain that it must have been someone of the highest importance , and that her purpose was to obtain from the most authoritative source possible some outside indication of what was happening in Egypt . |
2 | When she had thrown the gravel , there had been someone in the pill-box directly ahead of her . |
3 | Some people swore it must have been someone in the Martin family . |
4 | ‘ Of course , ’ Athelstan continued , ‘ the assassin may have been someone in the Tower who knew where Sir Ralph lay , and seized the opportunity of the moat freezing over to gain access to the footholds on the North Bastion . |
5 | It must have been someone from the village , Rose said : who else would be walking in the woods at that hour ? |
6 | Only do this where you think there may actually be someone of the right calibre available . |
7 | There will be someone on the staff at your antenatal clinic who can explain what benefits you can claim . |
8 | This has subsequently been changed , but suggests the view the SFA might take ; it would be logical for it to do so , since a market counterparty of this type is supposed to be someone on the same level as the firm . |
9 | The next Archdeacon of Woodborough is to be someone from the north , someone called Daniel Byrne . ’ |
10 | The match referee , a technician at his side if necessary , could be the magic eye , unless it is to be someone from the ranks of the umpires themselves . |
11 | It could be someone from the village . |
12 | This meant that his grandad was temporarily unavailable for a ‘ tap ’ , but there was bound to be someone in the cafe who would stand him a coffee . |
13 | As for me , I had to wait the whole summer and into the late autumn for rehearsals of The Jungle Book to begin , so I went back to South London , happy in the knowledge that soon I 'd be in a professional production and there 'd be someone in the cast for me to fall in love with . |
14 | Most likely there will be someone in the close family or a reliable friend . |
15 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
16 | She felt limp and exhausted , but there might be someone in the kitchen , and she could n't face anyone else at the moment . |
17 | There must be someone in the group older than 35 . |
18 | There could be someone in the outside world who is prepared to take over and put money into the club . |
19 | We may have met the murderer , yet it may equally be someone in the Tower or the city about whom we know nothing . ’ |
20 | And then he felt as if there were someone nearby , as if there were someone on the summit waiting , waiting to greet him . |
21 | WHEN 20 representatives of the South African Cricket Union and the National Sports Congress sit down together in a Johannesburg hotel tonight it is to be hoped that among them is someone with the wisdom of Solomon . |
22 | The best person is someone with the following qualities : |
23 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
24 | There is someone in the department who could give you a good , competent briefing on almost anything . ’ |
25 | If the company is large , there may be a special person to look after the scheme on a day-to-day basis : often this is someone in the personnel department . |
26 | " What you need now is someone in the basement who might just leave a window open for you … " |
27 | The special seats were had , for we were there by invitation — Dad was , is Someone in the city of Leeds . |
28 | ‘ You think there 's someone on the Moslem side who 's got an interest in keeping things on the boil ? ’ asked Georgiades . |
29 | There 's someone at the door — see who it is . |
30 | There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out . |