Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corbett dug into his purse and handed her some coins . |
| 2 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
| 3 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 4 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |
| 5 | Penry took out his wallet and handed her some notes . |
| 6 | if management took an interest in the workforce and allowed them some control over their environment then the workforce would feel less alienated from the workplace ; |
| 7 | The florist came up earlier but she was asleep , and he did n't even come into the room , just put his head round the door and left her some flowers ; the night nurse has put them out in the corridor . |
| 8 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 9 | I undid my thermos and poured him some milk . |
| 10 | At 2 p.m. , rather than face more questions from the femme ménage , she ladled the food that had been left for her to eat into one bowl and carried it some way down the hill to a place where she knew it would be picked up by stray dogs and cats . |