Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 2 | His mum made him some instead , and I 'll pour it on you after you said that one . |
| 3 | so I got them , me mum got me some black ones , but they 're like , they come right down to the ankles |
| 4 | Another monster gave me some fruit to eat . |
| 5 | Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances . |
| 6 | And when I erm , first got them cos my granny got me some for a birthday present |
| 7 | Signe said , ‘ That man who just flew off in the aeroplane taught me some words of Latin . ’ |
| 8 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 9 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 10 | Her husband joined her some months later , but the marriage was by then irrevocably damaged , and they separated soon after the outbreak of war . |
| 11 | And my granddaughter bought me some for my birthday , and my grandson bought me some for my birthday ! |
| 12 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 13 | This tin of Day and Martins metal polish gave me some trepidation looking at the vast areas of iron ferrous . |
| 14 | The latter 's captaincy gave him some pleasant social summers at camps near Brighton but rather less desirable autumn duties elsewhere . |
| 15 | Elizabeth was brave and helped us ; her sweet smile gave us some happiness in the unhappy days after my mother 's death . |
| 16 | At least she would be sale with Lovat and the knowledge gave him some comfort . |
| 17 | Then she took him into a shoe shop — and Pip 's father sold her some new shoes for Anthony . |
| 18 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
| 19 | Workers looked to the national state , over which democracy gave them some influence , to protect them against the ravages of an unregulated world economy . |
| 20 | In 1907 , however , the Bondholders had a great deal more at risk than in the 1960 's and the 2:1 arrangement gave them some protection and rights over their own investments and the Club 's destiny . |
| 21 | Mr Brandreth tells me : ‘ I discovered that we were at Oxford when an American reporter rang me some months ago to ask about him . |
| 22 | It is doubtful whether the unfortunates impounded in the Lazzaretto had time to concern themselves with the aesthetic niceties of the building , and it can only be hoped that the church offered them some spiritual comfort . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 24 | ‘ The university gave me some nice dinners and said ‘ do n't worry about coming back to work . |
| 25 | I got here about half an hour ago , and your sister gave me some tea . ’ |
| 26 | He pulled the knot on the belt , then re-tied it , tighter , as if the gesture afforded him some feeling of protection . |
| 27 | I must admit that this situation caused me some anxiety at an earlier stage , but no point was made about this in the Press either before or after the Election . |
| 28 | He had inadequate funds to go abroad but a relative advanced him some money and off he went in 1935 . |
| 29 | After Auschwitz , WIN gave me some hope . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ … so the doctor gave him some pills , ’ Martin said , ‘ and when he woke up in the middle of the night there was a beautiful girl on his bed … diaphanous nightie , trailing blonde hair , the lot … ’ |