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

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1 Thank you chairman , I , I second er 's motion , erm trying to be not political about this I got some figures from the er county council which indicate that from the first of April ninety-two to the thirty-first of December ninety-two eighty-six members attended committee meetings of which they were not members .
2 After this I bought some contact magazines .
3 Throughout 1969 I spent some time each month visiting schools , and attending yet more meetings in Curzon Street .
4 She got this pink wool like angora twenty five pence a ball , so she started that , then she come on er , no Tuesday , with that she bought some needles cos if she 'd of had some more needles I could of done this one for er , now she 's got the back and er sleeve done I think , half a sleeve done I think
5 He then moved to a succession of short-term jobs until in 1934 he joined some friends in establishing a garage near Basingstoke , specializing in veteran and vintage cars .
6 By 1839 the mill was in the hands of Richard Hone and in 1840 he installed some form of steam engine , probably to power such auxiliary equipment as a winnower and bolting machine .
7 At first he showed some energy , but as recalcitrance persisted on both sides this quickly exhausted itself .
8 When at last she gained some independence by taking a job which gave her some income of her own , she suddenly put her foot down .
9 They talked to him of their lives as if by that they smeared some ointment on their existence .
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