Example sentences of "[be] [adv] someone [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recording a verdict of suicide , coroner David Morris said : ‘ It is easy enough to criticise the bank as a body — there is always someone at the sharp end . |
| 2 | Arrange things so that there is always someone in the building who is on call for machine problems . |
| 3 | He thought it was easy for a newcomer to acquire school and institutional business because there was always someone on the lookout for improved service . |
| 4 | ‘ But in those days there was always someone in the house , and when were you ever content to sit with your feet on a footstool never moving a finger ? ’ |
| 5 | There was always someone in the next field to say ‘ Hello ’ to , and the school , which had two teachers , usually had more than thirty children in attendance . |