Example sentences of "someone [was/were] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smiling at her over people 's shoulders while she could not move because someone was telling her at length how much she must be missing her mother . |
| 2 | Someone was watching them from the top of the stairs . |
| 3 | Miranda felt a melting and tickling inside her stomach as if someone was stroking it with a feather . |
| 4 | I must have dropped off to sleep ; next thing , someone was prodding me in the ribs with a rifle butt , and a voice was saying , ‘ Come on , Piper . |
| 5 | Someone was shaking him by the shoulder as the band played ‘ God Save the King ’ and everyone else in the cinema stood to attention . |
| 6 | But someone was saying something at the same time as Lord Boddy , making him falter and finally stop in midstride . |