Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Say , it 's basically , bring a bottle , or bring some grub . |
| 2 | As the rooms filled , the Sheikha came to give her approval , to suggest a need or bring some treasure . |
| 3 | This will lead to even greater problems when there are errors in scoring or labelling some portion of the lattice . |
| 4 | In some countries they spend days after a death , have a wake or make some kind of celebration out of it . |
| 5 | Under this modern view , contractual obligations may only be justified in order to deter or compensate some harm to the interests of another person . |
| 6 | Worse still , one third of premature babies due or suffer some form of handicap throughout life . |
| 7 | Ace was running from boulder to boulder along the summit of the ridge , stopping wherever she found good cover , just long enough to hurl one of her primitive looking grenades , or fire her blaster , or launch some kind of tiny projectile that Defries could n't see clearly . |
| 8 | ‘ And there 'd be nothing easier than popping a cheque in the post to them , or sending them some cast-off woollies , or ladling some soup into them , or offering them advice . |
| 9 | With the body and neck made of maple , a wide strap is almost essential , as the Artist weighs a ton , and lasting out a long gig without collapsing or gaining some kind of spinal disorder is something of an achievement . |
| 10 | The opportunities of individual patronage may have been reduced , but few major writers from the time of Gay and Swift to that of George Crabbe did not look for such patronage or shape some composition toward the expectations of a patron . |
| 11 | This might be to speed the job up to earn a larger bonus or to create some leisure time during the working shift , or to slow the job down so that an impression of busy-ness is created and he is not given further work . |
| 12 | Or install some sort of screen , dividing panel , a blind that lets down from the ceiling , and even a stack of wine racks which would make a substantial and permanent wall in themselves . |
| 13 | They may be used for simple emphasis , as in ( 5 ) ( c ) , or to highlight some property , implied by the noun but still in some way surprising as in ( 5 ) ( a ) , or for the sake of a contrast , as in ( 5 ) ( b ) . |
| 14 | Use the runny kind of honey or mix some water with the stiffer kind to make it runny . |
| 15 | But , on the whole , members either support their leaders , make constituency points or obtain some publicity for their rebellious views . |
| 16 | The time can be shortened , however , if those members who were supposed to make some enquiry or obtain some information , or to write a short factual statement , have not only done so but have informed the Hon. |
| 17 | In such cases it may be often difficult to say whether he is intended to be an arbitrator or to exercise some function other than that of an arbitrator. borderline cases identified above ( 15.7.7 ) , particularly the reference to experts of general disputes ( 6.9 ) . |
| 18 | If , however , the claimants who had voluntarily abandoned the land sent some of their children back at intervals to occupy the lands , or to exercise some right of ownership , and there was no objection from the tribe , that would be sufficient to relight the flame and so keep their fires burning , and their rights alive . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) It is an obtaining of services where the other is induced to confer a benefit by doing some act , or causing or permitting some act to be done , on the understanding that the benefit has been or will be paid for . |
| 20 | He stepped forward towards Mr Smith 's desk , Smith sat back , surprised , Grout saw him exchange looks with Dan Ashton , and thought he could see the older man nod , or give some sort of sign or signal to Mr Smith . |
| 21 | Sometimes the edges were doubled , to turn the emblem into a quadruple-axe , either for artistic emphasis or to symbolize some kind of union or symbiosis . |
| 22 | They reveal that the system has problems detecting , identifying , or jamming some enemy radars already in existence for decades . |
| 23 | Now they can either award the deal to the lowest bidder or negotiate some kind of split . |
| 24 | To get a job with some other pernickety employers you might have to run a marathon , walk a dog , sprout some hair or shed some weight . |
| 25 | or wrap some aluminium foil round these to protect them , not going to be much good . |
| 26 | Ahead of them , Balor was lying on the ground and they saw that the Tree Spirits had grouped themselves about him , rather in the manner of people arranging themselves to watch some entertainment , or hear some kind of cause being pleaded . |
| 27 | If the ‘ reluctant ’ learner can be introduced to the library — to see a video or hear some music — he or she may be encouraged by the absence of school pressures and associations of poor performance , and by the interest of an adult who is not , nor does not appear to be , part of the school teaching/discipline system . |
| 28 | When releasing the throttle after accelerating hard , or travelling some distance on a wide throttle opening , the vehicle momentarily accelerates before slowing down . |
| 29 | I could I could really er enjoy being counselled or or having some sort of therapeutic relationship with him er strangely enough but er y'know . |
| 30 | Healthier alternatives are to learn how to prevent unwanted feelings ( see Preventing unwanted feelings on page 138 ) or to practise some form of relaxation or meditation technique ( see Meditation on page 105 ) . |