Example sentences of "someone [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enforcement : If someone builds without planning permission , the council may take enforcement action against the owner or occupier of the property . |
| 2 | We talk casually of someone drowning in work or drinking themselves to death long before a terminal illness shows itself or their suicidal drive is detected . |
| 3 | Well I 'm a bit worried when people are buying these guarantees and someone goes into liquidation , like for instance if you buy an extended warranty then usually dealers tie up with one particular broker specialising in that form of insurance , and and if that particular dealer — the car dealer — gets the insurance and it 's in his or her name |
| 4 | I am not averse to packs of information on what happens when someone goes into prison . |
| 5 | However the failure of someone to go to mass is considered to be a serious crime . |
| 6 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |
| 7 | He heard Murtach shouting , someone banging on timber frantically . |
| 8 | ‘ I can tell you this much : someone tried to garotte you and almost succeeded . ’ |
| 9 | The defence of disclaimer is available to someone charged under section 1(1) ( b ) . |
| 10 | This dealer commits an offence under section 1(1) ( a ) and the defence of disclaimer is no defence whatsoever to someone charged under section 1(1) ( a ) , R. v. Southwood ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 11 | She felt a bit like someone caught in quicksand , whose every turn only succeeded in further compounding the difficulties . |
| 12 | He says he looked like someone dying of AIDS . |
| 13 | ‘ At the end , yes , someone came into church , too . |
| 14 | It would be enough to send your temperature up each time that someone came on duty . ’ |
| 15 | Someone came from County Hall to ask for a list of folk for decoration . |
| 16 | Few meetings of more than three people work successfully without someone acting as chairman . |
| 17 | The nature of excuses in crime and of equity in contract is , however , so particularistic and so dependent upon the facts of the case that it strains credulity to imagine someone seeking in advance to bring his case under such categories . |
| 18 | It was often very hazardous and Mr Crangle , the librarian , wanted to buy a safety net for when someone climbed beyond shelf thirty but the Headmaster was having none of it . |
| 19 | Whatever Beryl believes or pretends to believe about her brother being mugged , he was in fact deliberately murdered by someone lying in wait for him on the scaffolding . |
| 20 | So — regarding whether or not someone chooses among credit types , or between credit and cash — having a bank account may partly be seen as shorthand for a collection of other characteristics to do with income and social background which may be influential in themselves . |
| 21 | Surely the time for action is when someone complains of harassment . |
| 22 | For bigger events you may also need someone to look after travel and accommodation , the programme , publicity and , most important , a person responsible for getting the right people to enrol , always the most difficult single task . |
| 23 | There 's a good chance that someone affected by alcoholism works for you . |
| 24 | The situation is the same if someone walked in front of the car and the driver had no chance of stopping . |
| 25 | When someone remarked in surprise at the speed with which she had obtained her demobilisation , Teddy replied mildly in her soft voice , ‘ But I 'm married , dear ! ’ |
| 26 | Someone yelled in panic , ‘ It 's the rozzers ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why , it sounded like someone crying for help , ’ thought Deborah . |
| 28 | It is of course easier said than done for someone suffering from anorexia simply to follow this recovery plan . |
| 29 | For someone suffering from addiction there is no such thing as free choice : he or she gets unconditional damage from the addictive use of drugs or alcohol . |
| 30 | It is little if any easier for someone suffering from Chemical Dependency simply to stop using alcohol or drugs . |