Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 2 | We get lost of letters from riders who are keen to have a go at competing but would like to arm themselves with some information first . |
| 3 | I would like to say something at some point about the point I made earlier about going , increasingly as you go down this list , you depart in directions which are , er , contrary to your policies , but |
| 4 | Presumably the library should at least have highlighted it in some way such as printing it in red , on the front of the delivery note , perhaps with a large red hand pointing to it . |
| 5 | Since h(n) is not known during the search we can try to estimate it in some way . |
| 6 | In this respect orthodox medicine may have placed itself at some disadvantage to its complementary counterparts . |
| 7 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
| 8 | The umpires might also have noticed something at some point along the line ! |
| 9 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 10 | He could perhaps have submitted himself to some army medical board , but whether they would have enthused over the application of a 48-year-old epileptic syphilitic with no military experience except that acquired while shooting wild-life in the desert |
| 11 | If their historical interest had saved them from the pick , the swinging steel ball , and the bulldozer , their intractable lay-out had discouraged renovators who might have put them to some use . |
| 12 | They may have allied themselves with some enemy and been forced to leave . |
| 13 | So I must have failed him in some way , to make him not like me , as well as him failing me . |
| 14 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |