Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] some [noun] " 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 | In some countries they spend days after a death , have a wake or make some kind of celebration out of it . |
| 4 | The debtor receiving a LBA may pay , do nothing or make some proposals about payment . |
| 5 | Worse still , one third of premature babies due or suffer some form of handicap throughout life . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Use the runny kind of honey or mix some water with the stiffer kind to make it runny . |
| 10 | But , on the whole , members either support their leaders , make constituency points or obtain some publicity for their rebellious views . |
| 11 | 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. |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Now they can either award the deal to the lowest bidder or negotiate some kind of split . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You 've got to use your fingers have n't you or get some pennies out and count them . |
| 16 | or wrap some aluminium foil round these to protect them , not going to be much good . |
| 17 | Let's fly a kite or blow some bubbles up into the sky . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Then the therapist needs to help him explore alternative approaches to the problem , or find some way of breaking the task down into more manageable steps . |
| 21 | They sent anonymous letters , daydreamed about how to damage or poison the other person or find some way of ruining their lives . |
| 22 | It is not to change the policy or feel some humility about 12 years of failure . |
| 23 | [ She ] … will not interpret my sharing of my pain as an assault , she will not turn away or urge me to be strong , or murmur some expression of sympathy or swallow hard because there is , finally , nothing to say to someone who is beyond comfort though not beyond caring . |
| 24 | If you have a larger area to plant than that shown in the plan , increase the quantities of plants used , or try some others , too . |
| 25 | Their boundaries might overlap ; or leave some areas in a curious limbo unattached to any part of the institutional structure . |
| 26 | What we have done is we have erm been able to utilise some A C T capacity or generate some A C T capacity within one of the subsidiaries within the group um the reason for highlighting it highlighting it is not particularly to make a song and dance about it but is particularly to say that on the cash flow statement there is this in-flood and it is a one off in-flood we 're not going to be seeing that being brought forward every year , but basically what it is is we have profits in previous elements of the group which enabled us to generate A C T capacity enabled us to off set this A C T which we paid on dividends and bringing forward earlier than we would otherwise have done . |
| 27 | Perhaps I might see in the rising of that sun some icon quintessentially Pacific , or think some thought which in a flash would sum up the essential message of the great Ocean . |
| 28 | If not , there was still time to ask someone , or do some reading in the library . |
| 29 | ‘ Or do some shopping . ’ |
| 30 | Free day in the city to visit museums , the Sistine Chapel or do some shopping . |