Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | That left Jack and me to pay some attention to the history of the place . |
2 | and I got some fruit up the market on Friday . |
3 | Lastly I told him that there was supposed to be a plan for a British submarine which would take off escaped prisoners somewhere near La Spezia , and I produced some maps of the area which I had managed to get from a book seller friend of mine in Parma . |
4 | There was , of course , a great deal of fun as well , and I made some contribution to the musical life of INSEAD by setting up an 11-piece band which played at the summer ball amongst other events . |
5 | and I sent some money for , but I mentioned it to Peter |
6 | I feel that the facilities provided by the Careers Service have never had greater significance and I take some consolation in knowing that the current team is well structured and dedicated to providing the best possible service in finding careers and fulfilment for graduates from the University ’ . |
7 | And , and I drew some boobs on it and put Cassie next to it . |
8 | Its main proponent has been Martin Kane and I give some attention to his work in chapter three . |
9 | N I have worked with her on , she is responsible for some artist to do in Belgium and I needed some information on some artist who worked , that was at the time when I was doing eh , P R campaigns for er , Sheba , the cat product , and we needed . |
10 | The girl takes a punch as well , and I hit some bastard with a chair . |
11 | The morning was damp and I licked some dew from the lawn . |
12 | Blair Atholl has ghastly weather today , but yesterday was very glorious , and John and I climbed some mountains behind Drumochter , and fortunately did n't need the services mentioned on the front , though our map fell into a river and needed to be rescued . |
13 | The waste buckets are regularly emptied , but otherwise my staff and I have some difficulty in establishing exactly what else has been included within the cleaner 's daily routine . |
14 | I am living here with Arab people in peace and I have some friends among them . |
15 | That is exactly what I firmly believe , and I have some experience of spiders and their webs . |
16 | Still , something was expected and hoped of me there ; I was credited with a future , and I called some fondness into being , even though this was because they did not know what lay under my surface . |
17 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
18 | And you know some years in advance if you 're in a secondary school erm that the total secondary school population is going to drop by , say , erm fifteen per cent in the next five years or whatever it might be . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Add to that breath-taking stops from Kirilovas and Fridikrkas and you get some idea of the man 's contribution . |
21 | Add to this the duties and taxes on Guinness Group products sold in Ireland each year ( currently running at around IR£400 million ) and you get some idea of what the grand total must to be . |
22 | Eventually , the world begins to reform , and you get some insight into the relationships between various parallel dimensions . |
23 | And you need some money for the |
24 | Imagine a hidden picture postcard village set between two fantastic mountains ranges , and you have some idea of why Leogang is one of Austria 's best kept secrets . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | Throw in Marske and Saltburn and the market town of Guisborough and you have some idea of the mixed nature of this constituency . |
27 | And you have some way of , of , of getting in , erm and you have some way of controlling access therefore into toilets , now I do n't know whether that would totally it , overcome the vandal system , but I mean if your saying a pass would n't be any different than a coin you could devise an entrance , so that it was n't , you know , so that what you would be doing is stopping having like the total open access all the time , you know , erm . |
28 | And you have some way of , of , of getting in , erm and you have some way of controlling access therefore into toilets , now I do n't know whether that would totally it , overcome the vandal system , but I mean if your saying a pass would n't be any different than a coin you could devise an entrance , so that it was n't , you know , so that what you would be doing is stopping having like the total open access all the time , you know , erm . |
29 | First you mix the dough , then you pat it into shape , like a figure in a Nativity crib , with all his fingers , and little fingernails , you make them with a toothpick , and his face , not forgetting ears and nostrils and eyebrows , and you put in his navel , making a little indentation , and you roll some dough for his thingamajig . ’ |
30 | Of course , the effect of all this was that she did n't like my children very much , and she had some justification for this . |