Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor people do n't want a millionaire among them reminding them of some way in which they failed to make it . |
| 2 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 3 | Once you have been through the various categories listed above and picked out all the names to be included next step is to arrange them in some sort of order . |
| 4 | Notation or codes are appended to a sequence of topics in order to arrange them in some clearly defined order . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 6 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 7 | Franks led them through some swing doors with a flourish and into another corridor , explaining that normally he would not waste money by taking them to a full editing suite . |
| 8 | Gaveston opened a door in the far wall and led them down some steps , dimly lit by torches fixed in iron brackets . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 10 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 11 | This got me into some problems too with a chap in Braigh who was very fond of black Polled cattle . |
| 12 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 13 | And the society investigates them , and if they are deserving , either refers them to some appropriate charity or grants them relief or refers them back to us with a note of recommendation . ’ |
| 14 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 15 | The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying . |
| 16 | There was also no lack of contacts , who , starved of literature , were exhilarated to be able to talk about Eliot : a Captain Richardson , whom I met in Eritrea , engaged to a charming Italian , proved one of those contacts whom the war brought together and separated , reminding me in some ways of the young Eliot and Jean Verdenal . |
| 17 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 18 | The nationalist movements and the new nations which made their appearance after the Second World War thus displayed features which distinguish them in some ways from the earlier movements which led to the formation of nation states in Western Europe , because they arose in a very different international context — in a highly developed capitalist world economy , in the aftermath of a division of the world among powerful imperialist nations , and in the midst of political transformations resulting from the growth of the socialist movement . |
| 19 | Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone . |
| 20 | In 89 , a poem of infidelity ( ‘ Say that thou didst forsake me for some fault ’ ) , the Poet abases himself , vowing to perform all kinds of penance in order to win the Friend back , including never mentioning his name again in case he ‘ haply of our old acquaintance tell ’ : it is over , in the past . |
| 21 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 22 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 23 | A truly usable recognition system would have to learn from whole word recognition techniques and combine them in some fashion with existing segmentation techniques ( Ho et al , 1991 ; Hull et al , 1991 ) . |
| 24 | This involves me in some paperwork , which , however tedious … |
| 25 | 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 ! ’ |
| 26 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 27 | Quarter figs , top them with some cinnamon-spiced ricotta and drizzle with clear honey . |
| 28 | It focusses them on some of the visual clues they might otherwise miss . |
| 29 | This clearly elevates me to some sort of status in his mind , although I personally could n't give a shit . |
| 30 | He made me feel as if he had rescued me from some intellectual gutter , some abyss of boredom . |