Example sentences of "[prep] some [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I came to see you about some notes I sent your husband . |
| 2 | Do you remember I phoned you a week or two ago about some books I wanted ? |
| 3 | I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read . |
| 4 | Though I had small scale maps at three inches to a mile for some areas they are not produced for all the Sahara , nor could I have afforded the hundred pounds they would have cost if they had been . |
| 5 | For some garments it may not be possible to resolve all these contradictory needs ( except by selecting a different pattern ! ) |
| 6 | For some goods it may be appropriate to permit cancellation at no charge provided sufficiently long notice is given . |
| 7 | But for some women it 's the preferred option . |
| 8 | For some things you may find it difficult to see how to improve on them or you will not be able to think of suitable substitutes . |
| 9 | This indicates that acinar cells in pancreatitis retain their responsiveness to direct secretory stimulation but for some reasons they become ‘ resistant ’ to the stimulation in vivo . |
| 10 | For some students it can form a bridge between Standard Grades and Highers . |
| 11 | The evidence will usually be contained in a written report , but for some students it may be more suitable to present this evidence orally . |
| 12 | Now this can be rather boring , as for some students it will actually be going over material that they have met . |
| 13 | This was interesting ; some tritium was occurring naturally in the heavy water and when they measured the tritium levels after the experiment had been running for some hours they found that the tritium level had dropped . |
| 14 | One day in April 1943 Albert Hoffmann , a chemist who was working at Sandoz on the development of ergot alkaloids , felt unwell and went home early , where for some hours he experienced a variety of disordered visions . |
| 15 | Ei either the rate of addition or the rate of removal cos if we 're assuming a steady state the two will be the same and it 's just a question of for some substances it might be easier to measure th the rate of addition , for others it might be easier to measure the rate of removal . |
| 16 | Such human resources were soon to be available elsewhere — notably in Japan — but for some decades they guaranteed to Europe and North America a monopoly of technical invention and discovery . |
| 17 | For some calls they wear plain clothes , but mostly work is done in uniform , as it must be if neighbourhood policing is to work . |
| 18 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 19 | Magee nodded and fumbled in his coat pocket for some matches he knew were there . |
| 20 | For some gays it is ‘ gay right or wrong , ’ a licence to do as they will which must surely be condemned . |
| 21 | For some minutes she again wondered if Cara would have fared any better . |
| 22 | For some minutes it smoked its pipe and did not speak , but at last it took the pipe out of its mouth , and said , ‘ So you 've changed , have you ? |
| 23 | After the struggles had continued for some minutes it became clear to his ambushers that Putt was not about to die and they dragged him away through the trees to a spot out of sight of the track , where a small fire was burning low . |
| 24 | For some jobs you will have to pay for advertising . |
| 25 | For some months we had , at intervals , to remember the number 0661224 . |
| 26 | For some months he had been making his preparations by placing his men in key positions , so that if and when the moment came , the coup would be swift and , he hoped , bloodless . |
| 27 | Louis VI intervened on behalf of one of them , William Clito , son of Robert Curthose , and therefore a claimant also to the duchy of Normandy ; for some months it looked as though Clito would establish his right . |
| 28 | If the tool has be lying idle for some months it is likely the charge has partially drained , so it is a good idea to regularly use these tools . |
| 29 | After that for some months I was unemployed . |
| 30 | For some months I worked in the Information Department of the British Embassy , where I was engaged in propaganda , which included writing leaders for the Iraq Times . |