Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The force between them has some correspondence with Newton 's finding that the gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them .
2 It seems possible to suggest that for a sultan already disposed toward examining and reorganizing the institutions of state , pride in his newly-built medreses , as well as simply the fact of their existence , might well have acted as a strong spur to him to impose some sort of order upon and , implicitly , control over-the learned institution .
3 At this point there is need for me to give some detail about the shape and nature of the primary curriculum to which all children should have access .
4 In part , this was a consequence of her appointing some ministers who were sceptical of her economic strategy .
5 You should consider how to restrict other firms using the package without you getting some benefit .
6 On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant .
7 Minch would have to shut him up and calm down Slorne herself until eventually she would quieten herself down and let the rest of us get some peace and quiet . ’
8 ‘ The rest of you get some sleep !
9 Something on the local news about her poking some television woman in the eye , to say nothing of her dancing the night away with John Major .
10 I have just heard that an aunt of mine died some years ago .
11 The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy .
12 We got a penny for each brick , and it was a wonderful thing for us to earn some money during the school holidays .
13 If these figures are right that we 've been given by the department and I 'm not saying them whether they 're right or whether they 're wrong but well we have to r rely on what we 're getting this is why Mr is sending this lot to the Chief Executive for him to do some work I think it 's very important that it is done independently , not by the independent sector but by done independently .
14 Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards .
15 We could do exactly the same with sport , like we could do it with art and theatre and music and , and a hell of a lot of other things , but it 's unfortunately a part of our national political tradition that a large number of us feel some reluctance about doing this .
16 In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end .
17 Looking at the report and using the present criteria for increase in pensions and these are the figures that I did n't produce but er they look pretty bleak as I said because what the pensions can expect next year will be eighty four P for single pensioners and one twenty eight in that area for a couple and then we had look at we have some concern of what happened yesterday in a statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer who said he is going to extend V A T and also it has now been that instead of putting on half of it in nineteen ninety four he put the full pile at seventeen and a half percent in nineteen ninety four because what was being saved is that if he 's leave the other half to nineteen ninety five it 'll be round near the elections and er there could be some difficulty .
18 An acquaintance of mine arrived some weeks later to be told that he could have them if he had turned up sooner .
19 Annette greeted George with cheery concern and Maxim with he thought some coolness behind the immediate offer of dinner .
20 I 've not enjoyed a dip in the briny since a little moonlighting I did , some time in the 1500s , when I helped a Greek pal of mine sing some mariners to their doom .
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