Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that I am not using language properly if I say that you ought to do something , unless I hold by some universal principle from which this prescription follows and all other implications of which I would be prepared to endorse , most notably those which would prescribe under certain circumstances that I do something . |
| 2 | Imagine with me Chairman if you will the thoughts of someone trapped by some misfortune in the midst of the wreckage of a road traffic accident on the M 1 motorway Southbound between junctions twenty one and twenty that 's at Nutterworth or Northbound between twenty one and twenty two or Westbound on the M 69 they 'll be thinking the fire brigade 'll be here in a minute or two . |
| 3 | She strolled by some quite lovely nineteenth-century architecture — charming four-storeyed buildings of white , of yellow , of yellow and white , and red-roofed , green-roofed , immaculately lawned — and down to her hotel . |
| 4 | As she said goodnight to them in turn she managed by some technique of charm or pure personality to convey to each of them that they were important to her in their own light . |
| 5 | ‘ We passed by some mash and pie shops today , and I do n't know WHAT THE F— THAT IS , and I do n't care what it is either . |
| 6 | Perhaps the answer is as simple as the one given by some contemporary writers . |
| 7 | Father Watson had been more than a little frightened by it , and had confided in the nuns that it was more like something produced by some mechanical contrivance , than by a human being . |
| 8 | The original Cardiff festival in 1986 combined experimental improvisational work with an attempt to ‘ show ’ the kind of work being done — something criticised by some as irrelevant and impossible to achieve in just two weeks . |
| 9 | Henry Cobham , Sir Robert Cecil and Sir John Popham , who had ordered the report , further informed the two men " … it seemeth by some purport made unto us , that eight Kibles of God 's gift and Conistone Oares should make a quintall of Copper , and in matter of experiment in the worke , it appeareth that tenn Kibles or more doe but make a quintall of Copper , you are therefore to informe your Selves the best you can how many Kibles of the Oare now gotten at Gods gift , and Coniston will yield a Quintall of Copper , what the particular charges will amount unto , of making the said Quintall . |
| 10 | I had heard it in the evenings at the school , and at first thought it made by some moronic village boy . |
| 11 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 12 | If the speaker is observing the maxims in a fairly direct way , he may nevertheless rely on the addressee to amplify what he says by some straightforward inferences based on the assumption that the speaker is following the maxims . |
| 13 | Nor was it done by some highly-paid red-braced executive . |
| 14 | Everyone had come for a good time , and they did not want it spoiling by some wildmen . |
| 15 | In Finland , following a huge outflow of funds , the markka was on Sept. 8 allowed to float , whereupon it depreciated by some 13 per cent against the deutschmark . |
| 16 | The route takes you several miles from any habitation , unbridged burns and rivers have to be crossed during its length and you will find yourself surrounded by some of the most delectable mountains . |
| 17 | Interestingly , as an aside , IBM 's 4250 uses a dot pitch of 600dpi but the spots themselves overlap by some 40% so creating a very smooth edge . |
| 18 | If my experience is anything to go by some readers will write claiming Mr Marshall is selfish . |