Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | or , or you going to have some honey and whisky and lemon ? |
| 2 | A little bit of excess weight — say five or ten pounds — is not considered harmful , but for those who are seriously overweight or who need to lose some pounds because of their medical condition , the problem is knowing what diet to follow . |
| 3 | He had , in fact , just left me on a bench in a nearby park where we had spent some time together before he decided to go for a stroll . |
| 4 | Never one to wallow in self-pity , he 'd started by mugging a couple of Indian kids in bright shirts behind the bus station and then he 'd followed a Yuppie type from his bank 's Cashcard machine to the stairway of a multi-storey car park , where they 'd had some dealings involving a Rolex and all the wad in the Yuppie 's wallet . |
| 5 | Some directors of the House of Industry had trespassed on workhouse premises , where they had lopped some trees without permission . |
| 6 | A little later on she dropped Edna and Karen in Oxford Street , where they planned to do some shopping before catching the train home . |
| 7 | This means assessing their likes and dislikes by means of preference tests where they can simply choose between different options , or ‘ operant conditioning ’ tests where they have to perform some task such as pecking a button to get access to ( or to exit from ) a particular environment . |
| 8 | I deal with children all the time erm many of my I 've been there eight years now and so lots of children have passed through my hands who in particular have lots of educational problems and need special help , and I suppose somebody though erm that although the rage now is to have Governors who are working in industry , and that 's perfectly proper , that it would n't be a bad idea to have somebody who is supposed to have some knowledge and background of the way children behave and what children need , so erm although I do have some politics , you know , Bill , I erm largely keep them quiet in the governing body . |
| 9 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 10 | ‘ Did n't Liz tell you that I 've written some books on the subject ? ’ |
| 11 | Just so that I 've got some idea of er |
| 12 | It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off . |
| 13 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 14 | And as it looked like Sasser had told Hurley something about me , Control passed the word that I had handled some contract work for the Defense Department in the past , just minor stuff , but that it was all finished now . |
| 15 | I was just six then , and while Blyth knew that I had had some sort of little accident when I was much younger I certainly seemed to him to be a lot more able-bodied that he was . |
| 16 | You yourself were good enough to say that I had earned some leave , and I want to take it . " |
| 17 | I felt that I had to make some sort of social effort so I swung my legs off the bed and sat sheepishly on the edge . |
| 18 | And I knew that I had shown some ability to fight my comer . |
| 19 | I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice . |
| 20 | I might as well tell you now that I have done some freelance work for Her Majesty 's intelligence services . ’ |
| 21 | Eventually he wrote ‘ I am in such a stew over Primavera that I have made some sketches myself . |
| 22 | ( b ) You will note that I have put some elements in parentheses , for example because , to suggest that they do not quite fit into the analysis . |
| 23 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 24 | They had n't come in yet so I started getting some food ready and tried to make up my mind what to tell Rick . |
| 25 | ‘ I recommended the player through a contact , so I have taken some flak from my management team . |
| 26 | Although she had made some photocopies to study later , it was possible that Adam might be able to clear the matter up in a few moments . |
| 27 | It horrified her to think how foolish she had been and she could only excuse herself on the grounds that she had suffered some kind of fit . |
| 28 | Sarah Fuller had complained that she had lost some money . |
| 29 | She told Annie that she had to do some shopping , then doubled back and waited . |
| 30 | ‘ If the creditor takes adequate steps to inform her and reasonably supposes that she has an adequate comprehension of the obligations she is undertaking and an understanding of the effect of the transaction , the fact that she failed to grasp some material part of the document , or , indeed , the significance of what she was doing , can not , I think , in itself give her an equity to set aside , notwithstanding that at an earlier stage the creditor relied upon her husband to obtain her consent to enter into the obligation of surety . |