Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pers pn] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | She gave me an extra pillow , kept me supplied with boiling bottles , brought me Vichy , and my meals on a little round table , actually produced a bottle of alcool camphre & frictioned me & gave me some lime flower tea before I went to sleep . |
| 2 | I mean as I said when I was filling in the questionnaire I was thinking well this , really this is my preference and you know I 'd much rather be in a job that allowed me some flexibility . |
| 3 | That night he slept in an old cardboard box that he 'd found , and that gave him some protection from the chilling morning dew . |
| 4 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 5 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
| 6 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
| 7 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 8 | Hardy should have thought of that and found them some more suitable conveyance . |
| 9 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 10 | I undid my thermos and poured him some milk . |
| 11 | if management took an interest in the workforce and allowed them some control over their environment then the workforce would feel less alienated from the workplace ; |
| 12 | Corbett dug into his purse and handed her some coins . |
| 13 | Penry took out his wallet and handed her some notes . |
| 14 | After the second or third week of starting his course , Leonard asked to speak to Professor Dudek , and showed him some of his own poetry . |
| 15 | Neither Brian nor I had told our mother about these beatings but now , incensed , I pulled up my shorts and showed him some half-healed scars . |
| 16 | I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse . |
| 17 | She 'd been to South Africa and showed us some lovely diamonds . |
| 18 | Erm chairman , the erm District Council officer who 's been erm delegated to draw up the scheme for for the parish coun for , for the town did meet erm here , one morning some weeks ago , with myself and Steve , the clerk , and showed us some er a sketch of what was being proposed . |
| 19 | Dr Griffiths spoke first and showed us some of his own cine films of steam runs mainly in the 1970s . |
| 20 | ‘ It contained vague threats , and called you some rather unpleasant names , ’ he went on levelly . |
| 21 | Earlier that afternoon , Katherine had stood before the French doors and watched her some and daughter playing in the snow outside . |
| 22 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 23 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 24 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |
| 25 | She noticed my interest and offered me some . |
| 26 | Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne . |
| 27 | He agreed , and gave her some ointment . |
| 28 | But though he had taken all my poetic power , and gave me some of his in return , he still remained himself , his own man , his own poet . |
| 29 | Somebody told me we were halfway to Maun and gave me some water which I was too thirsty to sterilise . |
| 30 | Sure enough she offered straight away and gave me some lipstick as well . |