Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , nearly 60 per cent of them admitted committing some sort of crime or incivility in the nine months prior to being questioned . |
| 2 | Even upon discovering the full facts of life , my father 's role in my conception , I failed to shift some of my guilt onto him . |
| 3 | It occurred to me , when I got to know some of these families , that they really might believe that their position on the hill placed them nearer to heaven than the less privileged folk below . |
| 4 | At least I got to know some of the background to the paintings ; the symbolism and the profundity of meaning . |
| 5 | And I got to get some toilet roll . |
| 6 | I got to have some beef in that role . |
| 7 | " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper . |
| 8 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 9 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 11 | I tried using some spray furniture polish , rubbed well in , on the areas that were jamming . |
| 12 | I tried telling some of the teachers that . |
| 13 | I tried to put some money on the ‘ Stiffs ’ finishing bottom with the bookies . |
| 14 | I tried missing some of these parades , but one day I was summoned to the local headquarters of the organization in Parma where a rather fat , forbidding woman of high rank , dressed in Fascist uniform , told me that if I missed any more I would be suspended from school . |
| 15 | This evening I tried to read some of Alcestis , but it was n't the same . |
| 16 | In anticipation that the same problem might recur this summer I tried sowing some sweet peas with the runner beans . |
| 17 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 18 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 19 | We left the smell of the pub behind , and I tried to get some of the fresh air through my head . |
| 20 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 21 | I tried to get some of the Blu-Tak off . |
| 22 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 23 | I tried to absorb some of Ryan 's confidence . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course , as men always will , I tried to extract some hope from her . |
| 25 | When I tried to raise some of the education issues with the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) , he refused to let me intervene . |
| 26 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 27 | so he said I did , I tried to make some in microwave and he says it turned out like sludge |
| 28 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 29 | I tried to help some of those that were hurt but some of them had dreadful injuries . |
| 30 | I 'd heard some of the other men in the village mention the possibility of a game reserve for tourists , and I held my breath , wondering if Kalchu was going to implicate me , as they had done . |