Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] to some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Prozac did the trick for me , erm it wo n't work for everybody , it 's not a happiness pill , it just restores you to some sort of normality . |
| 2 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've also shown them to some bluegrass musicians , a guitarist and a mandolin player , and they say that they 're really fast once you get used to them . |
| 4 | We 're all here to support him to some degree . |
| 5 | Almost all outstandingly creative people are high in assessed IQ , a fact which must surely protect them to some extent from mental breakdown , both directly and indirectly , in the first case , by providing them with more flexible psychological resources to cope with stress and , in the second , by enabling them to make socially valued contributions that strengthen self-esteem . |
| 6 | Taking up residence in Colchester went very well — though I was a bit surprised to find that the ‘ de-skilling ’ process mentioned by the resettlement officer had indeed affected me to some extent . |
| 7 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 8 | However , factors that might theoretically if not actually subject it to some strain need to be understood , as do those conducive to its most efficient operation . |