Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And erm we went on an elephant on a safari and we looked for erm wild animals and we saw some rhinos , and that was quite good fun . |
| 2 | Embedded within discussions of human rights is the intention that we should not so organise our social institutions that they promote some people and inhibit others . |
| 3 | The pope himself was beginning to waver , and there are signs that he felt some embarrassment at abandoning the position of his predecessor and leaving Anselm isolated . |
| 4 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 5 | The council agreed that it is a matter for concern that the rates have increased by so much and I have been asked to write to Wyre Borough Council about this and to ask if they would consider paying the whole of the rates for public halls in rural areas as I understand some District Councils do . |
| 6 | Many of us here present today have worked for our employers for over two years so we have some protection under law . |
| 7 | What happened to your keep fit classes speaking of tapes cos you had some tapes of keep fit ? |
| 8 | ‘ It has been her home for well over thirty years and she needs some stability after losing Father . |
| 9 | The idea has now reached dimensions where it requires some assistance by individuals with stature and/or money to legitimize its growth . |
| 10 | In the spirit of affability , may I congratulate the Government on one of the changes that they made some time ago , in which they followed fairly accurately the views expressed in early-day motion 488 , which noted that when ’ the Social Fund cold weather payments scheme trigger mechanism was put to a serious test it collapsed three times under the weight of its own absurdity the scheme is inadequate , inefficiently targeted and wasteful as the cost of advertising and administration are unjustifiably high ; and urges a new saving limit of £3,000 that would create a fully automatic scheme ’ . |
| 11 | try things and we discover some things do n't work very |
| 12 | Add to this the vulgarity of American capitalist culture and the inherent snobbery of English expatriates and you get some idea of what awaited the future Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago . |
| 13 | Add to this a language problem , surround the ship with smaller fishing vessels and throw liberal quantities of slimy mackerel underfoot , anchor it in a remote Scottish loch with vicious squalls of wind and rain roaring down from the surrounding hills , try working for days on end with very little sleep in these conditions and you have some idea of our difficulties . |
| 14 | A preliminary exploratory questionnaire study made it clear that subjects find it very difficult to give accident figures unless they have some anchors for their estimates . |
| 15 | Look , I 'll tell you what — I 'll wash the pots while you make some coffee . ’ |
| 16 | But of course in terms of partnership , you will have our support and any way we can aid and abet you then we shall do that , erm but you can tell from the questions and comments that we have some distress about the |
| 17 | In such a state , driven by the worst fear of all , that of sudden death , and given that they are all approximately equal in power , it would seem to be in men 's interests that they reach some agreement , each to have only as much liberty as he is prepared to allow to others . |
| 18 | A few years ago — before 1986 — I was at a party with a few friends and we met some people who used to be in athletics . |
| 19 | In the context of this chapter , however , it is particularly important to deal with the corporatist perspective on the politics of organised interests since it provides some kind of challenge to the pluralist perspective ( even though pluralism and corporatism share a number of basic assumptions ) , and it fleshes out elements of the left critique of pluralism ( even though much corporatist theory is hostile to a Marxist theory of the capitalist state ) . |
| 20 | Er we did n't always know what was going on but erm , we did catch the planes when they took off in the morning and we watched them come home in the afternoons and we got some ideas sometimes when things had n't gone quite right and I 'm sure we did share with you in your grief . |
| 21 | Most are couples but we have some singles as well , ’ says director Pauline Sturgeon . |
| 22 | Since then he has turned in some useful performances for the under-21 and England B sides but he has some way to go before becoming a player of real international class . |
| 23 | But , and I have no concerns about sports ground sale , we 've regulated the numbers because they had some concerns about the and that , that itself has caused 's fellow supporters some problems , but we 've actually restricted the number of people who can use the sports ground . |
| 24 | Some people think they 're connected with religious ceremonies , others that they have some kind of astronomical significance . |
| 25 | Not you but others and you put some icing . |
| 26 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 27 | It appears that Thomas has head lice and I enclose some information that we have in school relating to this . |