Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to abandon my earlier plan of just walking around until dawn and instead to try and find somewhere where I could get some sleep . |
| 2 | Peering around for a locker where she might find some clothes , she stood . |
| 3 | The up-side is that you have reached a stage where you can make some decisions . |
| 4 | Well it actually does n't very , it does n't touch the actual fence it erm all along the concrete poles they 've got holes through them where you can put some wire different higher of fence you see |
| 5 | The nearest supermarket is next door where you can buy some basics , such as soft drinks and beer in reception . |
| 6 | Thus , using a plural in a continuation based on the verb + with conditions , where we might expect some sort of strain , does indeed produce a reliably higher number of continuations using both . |
| 7 | ‘ Is there anywhere near here where we could get some bread and cheese ? ’ asked Breeze , thinking that at this moment she could eat a dog-biscuit with gusto . |
| 8 | They want to have an interesting or exciting time , a time that would not be boring , where they could create some action … |
| 9 | He wanted to go somewhere where he could be alone — where he could get some peace . |
| 10 | William Bowles , ( 1705–1780 ) an Irishman who became superintendent of mines in Spain , was dismayed by the lack of unusual plants in the area and wrote to Peter Collinson from Bilbao in 1733 asking for packets of seeds and bulbous plants and continued : ‘ There is a Miller 's Dictionary in Town , so I would take some pains to give the Spaniards a taste … you know what best to send ’ . |
| 11 | I think they 'd get some good material from us , so I 'll add some match reports and humourous stuff for them to do with as they will . |
| 12 | ‘ So I 'll buy some windowboxes , ’ she declared stoutly . |
| 13 | ‘ I merely shut you up so I could get some sleep ! ’ |
| 14 | You think I 'm trying to get you into bed so I can have some sort of hold over you . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've got another hour before I 'm on , get the cover back on the engine so I can get some sleep . ’ |
| 16 | It seems to be time to get dinner , so I will leave some space for Grandad . |
| 17 | She lowered the window by the leather tab and clicked the lip into the groove of the embrasure to hold it down so she could take some photographs ; several boys climbing over the fence on the railway banks hooted at the sight of her camera and posed , arms akimbo , pretence starlets . |
| 18 | That 's like full of about dozen or so papers each one I think , if it 's the book I 'm thinking of , is about a different community or a different language er so you might find some information about Samoa where there 's a different societal hierarchical structure . |
| 19 | a fraction so you must have some idea of fractions . |
| 20 | I 'll pull back the curtains so you can have some company . ’ |
| 21 | Try drinking more slowly so you can skip some rounds . |
| 22 | Well if you were listening , you see , I said , most land in Italy is mountains and hills , so you could draw some hills and mountains , that 'd be really good . |
| 23 | That an' the chance ter 'elp me build up the business so yer could get some money be'ind yer . |
| 24 | ‘ If we 've been doing lessons all morning , they 've usually had enough by the afternoon , so we 'll sing some songs together or I 'll tell them a story . |
| 25 | ‘ So we 'll need some clothes … |
| 26 | It could be Lorrimer 's vomit , so we 'll need some information on his stomach contents . |
| 27 | Yeah , so we 'll get some cereals . |
| 28 | are , are out , are out now , in , in relation to consultation and user groups and their re or representative organizations , have been asked to comment in relation to the whole process before we go , we get to Panel and P and R er , so that we get , and then full Council , so we will get some indication , and twenty six particularly , so that , maybe those members in the last er , er , Council do realize they might have got , we might have got our fingers burnt in relation to this particular issue . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've also had problems reported with Barnet , Northampton and Brighton this summer and I 'm just glad that the season 's started so we can get some income from gate receipts . |
| 30 | ‘ No , just a glass of hot milk — half a glass , actually , so we can have some breakfast . ’ |