Example sentences of "[indef pn] at [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A woman in the next neighbourhood has one of those coils inside her , ’ said someone at a village meeting called by family planning workers in Bangladesh . |
| 2 | They had photographed her sitting on a kitchen stool in a white passage , with her back against a long stretch of wall , like someone at a dance . |
| 3 | The time for someone on a star will be different from that for someone at a distance , because of the gravitational field of the star . |
| 4 | ( He is put off by the sight of Wayne , who is pogoing furiously behind his keyboards , like someone at a Members gig in 1978 ) Erm , excuse me , but what do you think you 're doing ? |
| 5 | In the words of a single 19-year-old trainee pilot : ‘ In an ideal world you 'd be able to meet someone at a bus-stop , go for a drink , take them home and bonk their brains out — and then go home to your girlfriend for dinner . ’ |
| 6 | More seriously , his understated , meditative style is lost : the impression is that his timing is fine , the audience 's is all wrong : ‘ I was talking to someone at a party the other night … he happened to mention that he was reading Virginia Woolf 's letters . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone at the Poly . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I know , you know , someone at the court . |
| 9 | It 's so funny it 's real entertainment someone at the Tate said er , you know when I told them I bought the bird bath , they said you will have lots of pleasure with that and I think I have . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Excuse me , Dudley , I have to meet someone at the station . ’ |
| 12 | Someone at the station must have told him when they checked your registration . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ All clear , Charles ? ’ shouted the man at the head of the queue to someone at the door . |
| 15 | There 's someone at the door — see who it is . |
| 16 | There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out . |
| 17 | There 's someone at the door — it 's probably the gas man . |
| 18 | On realizing that there was someone at the door , he quickened his pace , so that our view of him was a fugitive one . |
| 19 | Twenty-four in four separate bags for the freezer — listen , there 's someone at the door — can you deliver ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Ah , god Who 's that , someone at the door give me that Kim was |
| 22 | Jane is there someone at the door ? |
| 23 | There 's someone at the door . |
| 24 | ‘ Someone at the church , then . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Someone at the back yes . |
| 27 | Someone at the back shouted ‘ Vive la France ’ and there was a round of ironic applause . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ What are we going to sing ? ’ called someone at the back . |
| 30 | 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 . |