Example sentences of "some [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women have to have some secrets you know , ’ said Barbara Cartland , whose date of birth has been listed in Who 's Who only since her 90th birthday . |
| 2 | For some calls they wear plain clothes , but mostly work is done in uniform , as it must be if neighbourhood policing is to work . |
| 3 | This herb has tiny leaves here , and is furiously strong : I made tea from some herbs I picked , put in a generous sprig of peppermint , and spat out the result in shock . |
| 4 | ‘ Some vegetables I 'm very fond of — peas I 'm relatively neutral about . ’ |
| 5 | With some pros you could have got the sack on the spot . |
| 6 | After some minutes they went up to the room . |
| 7 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 8 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 9 | For some minutes she again wondered if Cara would have fared any better . |
| 10 | But the company believes that it has some products it can sell new , notably software for diagnosing faults in computers . |
| 11 | All groups are invited to send resolution which may or may not be actually debated but erm , we , we do n't normally send one in , but some , some groups they send them in , no , no one 's thinking |
| 12 | In the birds , the brain has evolved so that in some groups it is comparable in size and complexity to that found in primates . |
| 13 | But I mean they actually do work , er ten percent gross yield and erm if you asked me to explain how they get the ten percent , I 'd have to use some notes they gave to me cos it 's , cos it 's complicated , but they use derivatives , and they buy in er in the shares and options market , and erm the company I 'm thinking of actually own the shares , but you take options on them , and they take commission on the options , they also take dividends , er and by the time you 've read the , the , the spiel , it sounds a bit like you 've fitted all these petrol savers to your car and you 're driving to Nottingham , and the tank overflows , it 's that sort of |
| 14 | The visibility was poor and on the outward journey she merely concentrated on her driving while Freddie , on the back seat , studied some notes he had brought with him . |
| 15 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
| 16 | All she had were some notes she made in the car , witnessed by Dexter . |
| 17 | Now , if we can do it , and it 's not magic , then there must be some reasons we can do it , some rules we 're following , and those rules can in principle be put into computers . |
| 18 | This indicates that acinar cells in pancreatitis retain their responsiveness to direct secretory stimulation but for some reasons they become ‘ resistant ’ to the stimulation in vivo . |
| 19 | Some reasons you may find apply in your case include : deciding on a career change ; looking for more responsibility ( both good , positive reasons ) ; coming to the end of seasonal or short-contract employment ; insufficient money ; wanting to work closer to home . |
| 20 | Now , if we can do it , and it 's not magic , then there must be some reasons we can do it , some rules we 're following , and those rules can in principle be put into computers . |
| 21 | But there were some rules he knew better than she ever would . |
| 22 | Peck adds that ‘ Some times they prod him with Needles , sometimes they pepper him , sometimes they Shoot at him . ’ |
| 23 | Some times are predictable ; some times you just wait till they 're full ; other times we arrange a group . |
| 24 | Some times you go into supermarkets and you see food you 'd like to buy but you ca n't . |
| 25 | By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me . |
| 26 | By the way , members can now get a pint at the sports club in N.E. Some times I even venture into town you know , but only when my mum lets me . |
| 27 | Like the other planets it travels around the Sun in an ellipse , which means that at some times it is closer to the Sun than at others . |
| 28 | Some times it looks like an old woman with a large hooked nose , at other times like a charming young lady with her face turned away over her right shoulder . |
| 29 | But at some times it 's apparent and at other times it 's not . |
| 30 | Some bombs they dropped on the RAF camp |