Example sentences of "there [be] someone [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And then he felt as if there were someone nearby , as if there were someone on the summit waiting , waiting to greet him .
2 There 's someone at the door — see who it is .
3 There 's someone at the door — if it 's Mrs Brown , say I 'm out .
4 There 's someone at the door — it 's probably the gas man .
5 Twenty-four in four separate bags for the freezer — listen , there 's someone at the door — can you deliver ?
6 There 's someone at the door .
7 ‘ You think there 's someone on the Moslem side who 's got an interest in keeping things on the boil ? ’ asked Georgiades .
8 The patrol commander had just finished briefing the police on the situation when one of the patrol shouted , ‘ There 's someone in the bank . ’
9 There 's someone in the village that 'll shoot him . ’
10 There 's someone in the house !
11 It 's really made my day , to discover that there 's someone in the world who still does n't know who the seven major shareholders in GEC , Westinghouse , Con Edison , NBC , and CBS are ! ’
12 ‘ Well , there 's someone in the hospital who is very sick .
13 ‘ I think there 's someone in the Cathedral . ’
14 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 ?
15 There is someone in the department who could give you a good , competent briefing on almost anything . ’
16 That is to say , there was someone with the responsibility for each operation accountable to ‘ somebody at the top ’ .
17 The operator , surly in her attitude , did n't inform Duncan that they had answered , and it was a moment before he realized that there was someone on the line .
18 The cases came in a rush , in part because social services started referring a backlog of children because there was someone at the hospital prepared to diagnose , she says , and because Dr Wyatt started asking whether sexual abuse might be the problem in cases which had failed to respond to previous treatment .
19 At least there was someone at the end of a line who knew me .
20 The responsibility for bearing human beings was too great for a human being to bear : to bring a child into the world was a terrible thing to do unless you could be sure that there was someone at the end to take it out with at least as much love and care as you had brought it in with .
21 On realizing that there was someone at the door , he quickened his pace , so that our view of him was a fugitive one .
22 There was someone outside the kitchen window when I arrived , ’ said Finn placidly , apparently pleased to be able to contribute something to this limited discussion .
23 There was someone in the corridor .
24 Suddenly he became vitally aware that there was someone in the hall with him .
25 There was someone in the doorway behind the boy .
26 There was someone in the field , two of them .
27 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 .
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