Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just waiting to pounce on some terrified child . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're just getting rid of some dead wood , ’ explained a Computone official . |
| 3 | I might just have thought of some new names to call you . ’ |
| 4 | We follow a different model : that each point of view must be allowed a voice in the process of deliberation but that the collective decision must nevertheless aim to settle on some coherent principle whose influence then extends to the natural limits of its authority . |
| 5 | This can be a frightening experience because when a gila monster bites , it does not let go for some ten to fifteen minutes , during which time it continues to chew , injecting more and more venom into the wound . |
| 6 | However , when p4 is reached the reader has just finished reading about some other aspect of hypertext than text . |
| 7 | Now the I 'm just trying to think of some some of those pictures that are in there now there was one , it was that size or in a pair like that lovely looking pictures |
| 8 | When we try to look into ourselves we always seem to come upon some particular thought or feeling , and not upon the ‘ I ’ which has the thought or feeling . |
| 9 | Athelstan had returned but his brother 's body still lay mouldering in some forgotten field in France . |
| 10 | He also managed to go on some exciting trips such as following part of the old Inca trail in Ecuador on horseback . |
| 11 | Considerations of this kind probably help to account for some interesting changes in the tenure of offices during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries . |
| 12 | And he 's also managed to sneak in some live music from Mary Chapin Carpenter , who 's been touring Scotland this week and is about to hit the big time . |
| 13 | I now want to draw on some major fund raising themes directly linked to the seventy fifth . |
| 14 | The faculty now needs to embark on some vigorous self-promotion to convince the sceptics in Nairobi ( and regrettably some of its own staff ) about the virtues of its programme . |
| 15 | I did n't want to behave like some foul-mouthed old broad , but I did n't want to be a pushover either . |
| 16 | Elinor said , ‘ I do n't want to deal with some new lawyer . |
| 17 | His hand was open and there was a touch of laughter in his voice as he said , ‘ What would you do ? where would you go , if you do n't intend to go into some other man 's house ? ’ |
| 18 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 19 | They then come to rest in some new orientation . |
| 20 | They may decline for some quite considerable time to use any particular sound to indicate their mother , instead preferring to fix on some other aspect of their environment . |
| 21 | It is significant that Japanese firms are not adverse to joining forces with American rivals of IBM ; for instance , Mitsubishi and Sperry Univac recently decided to cooperate in some technical areas as a way of combating the very large computer makers . |