Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [prep] some [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had for some reason gone up to M. Dupont 's room and was about to knock , but before doing so , as is my custom , I paused for a second to listen at the door . |
| 2 | Except that I had in some way to justify myself . |
| 3 | I have for some time studied the prospects for the privatisation of British Rail . |
| 4 | I have in some sort made myself a party to your situation , and it will go hard with my conscience if you find yourself no better blessed than in your old condition . |
| 5 | They sometimes have problems with the control of their dentures when eating certain types of food , and some have slight difficulties with swallowing as the muscles get weaker ( or if they have at some time suffered a small stroke ) , so they dislike being watched . |
| 6 | But that left open a further question which concerned Brunner deeply : what was the connection between that unique revelation and three other more general areas : the whole universe as God 's creation ; the existence of human beings as ‘ made in the image of God ’ , albeit as ‘ fallen ’ they have in some fashion lost or disfigured that ‘ image ’ ; and the ordering of human life and society by such institutions as marriage and the state , which theology had traditionally treated as divinely ordained ? |
| 7 | I , my interest lies particularly I think in the kind of erm popular fiction written in America between the wars , though it has to some extent carried on since World War Two . |
| 8 | By far the most popular location in recent years has been the Netherlands , for the very good reason that it has for some time offered by far the best deal . |
| 9 | If only he knew that looking after his dogs had made her feel that she had just the smallest stake in his life , that it had in some measure comforted her for his absence . |
| 10 | R. A. Butler , one of the Conservative Party 's chief spokesmen on foreign affairs , stated in the House of Commons on 27 February 1947 that he had for some time regarded Korea ‘ as perhaps the greatest danger spot for peace in the Far East ’ . |
| 11 | Thirdly , again helped by circumstances , he had to some extent ended the hereditary principle as applying to the emperorship . |
| 12 | It also came from the clergy , who disliked the White Revolution generally , and from the liberals whose thunder he had to some extent stolen . |
| 13 | That he had in some way taken her aback was as obvious to him as the reason was obscure . |