Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's very hard to explain , but these people are all on the extreme left and were seeking a poet to give them some sort of standing . |
| 2 | But the way he did it was with the same connections he defied , and to get into serious racing in his early days , he got a bank to give him credit and a sponsor to give him some backing : though he had n't , of his own , a sou in the world . |
| 3 | But if you 're religiously inclined , then clearly the universe looks a bit different , because the universe has a creator , and having a creator gives it some kind of meaning . |
| 4 | For instance , ‘ You are going to try to persuade a friend to lend you some money ’ places the participant in the experiential frame , as the negotiation will occur and the outcome could take different forms . |
| 5 | He had inadequate funds to go abroad but a relative advanced him some money and off he went in 1935 . |
| 6 | They 've got sort of mind you they have their own training sort of regime as well , which in some ways is , means it 's quite good experience because it is structured in , in a , in a way to give you some training , whereas of course if you just go in to do a job then erm how much sort of training you get varies a bit . |
| 7 | , our Sports Council Liaison Officer , has asked us to co-operate with a survey to give her some ammunition to fight on behalf of all the Movement & Dance organisations . |
| 8 | A servant brought them some wine and sugared pastries which Cranston immediately attacked . |
| 9 | Towards the end of his life Gouzenko went blind but the news was kept so secret that in 173 MI5 sent an agent to show him some photographs in the hope that he could recognise Hollis . |