Example sentences of "[prep] some [noun sg] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also had a letter from about some request she 'd had to send a copy of the CAMET corpus to Sheffield . |
| 2 | Emily had a way of launching casually into an anecdote about some fix she 'd got herself into in the past and Preston would listen with increasing alarm , wondering just what he 'd got himself into . |
| 3 | Mrs Putt might want a stall cleared out and fresh straw put in for some company she 's expecting , or she 'll want me to hitch up a carriage so she can go visiting . |
| 4 | Half an hour later she was dealing with a small crisis that had cropped up and had forgotten all about Mr Massingham as she sent Jimmy on an urgent trip for some paperwork she needed . |
| 5 | When one of the children asks his mam for some coffee she says , " We ca n't afford coffee any more , son . " |
| 6 | For some time she had done all that was possible to avoid going out in the rain as she could not bear the thought of the water touching her skin . |
| 7 | For some time she had felt a curious weightiness , then sudden relief . |
| 8 | For some time she looked round the garden for them and then went into the house . |
| 9 | For some time she stayed with the Kleibers . |
| 10 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 11 | For some time she has been head dancer of a troupe and has travelled extensively abroad , taking part in cabaret on land and aboard cruise ships . |
| 12 | As many of you will have noticed from your Q.T. day programme Beryl will not be teaching this year ; for some time she has taken a great interest in the Back Pain Association and has now become involved particularly at weekends in special classes for back-pain sufferers . |
| 13 | After living rough for some time she decided that we offered the best chance of a home , and moved in Fizzy 's attitude is ambivalent . |
| 14 | ‘ One day she had brought the dinners and started home , when for some reason she looked back . |
| 15 | She took a look at this man before her and summed him up in five seconds flat : he was from the country ; he was perspiring because he was wearing his one and only suit which was too heavy for the weather ; his shoes were outrageous , huge , clod-hopping things , but at least they had been polished ; his hands were heavy , his fingers thick as sausages so he was definitely a man of the land ; despite all that , he was quite polite and well-spoken though with a strong accent that she could identify as being Scottish but from which part of Scotland she could not say ; for some reason she was quite sure he was a liar . |
| 16 | For some reason she felt a little disappointed for them . |
| 17 | Moreover , men were selfish , cold-hearted and dull , and yet it seemed that , for some reason she could n't quite fathom , a woman needed to have a man around . |
| 18 | But for some reason she forgot on this occasion and I did not stop to remind her . |
| 19 | For some reason she remembered how awful it was when she first moved in after their marriage . |
| 20 | For some reason she felt she owed him a serious answer . |
| 21 | Her first thought was to pick a young teenager 's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls , but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf . |
| 22 | For some reason she did n't understand , tears stung her eyes . |
| 23 | The wardrobe had provided her with a vest of padded cotton , but for some reason she would n't wear it . |
| 24 | For some reason she could not instantly understand , Beth was riveted with shock . |
| 25 | For some reason she found herself obsessed with the idea that she should get up to lay the table . |
| 26 | For some reason she felt like crying . |
| 27 | She would n't mention the boy who 'd made trouble unless for some reason she happened to be asked about him , and she felt she would not be . |
| 28 | For some reason she found that just as unnerving . |
| 29 | She should have become angry with him for his persistence , on cue , but for some reason she did n't . |
| 30 | For some reason she felt thrown by his sudden lone appearance , by his informal friendly manner , by the smile in his eyes . |