Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He sat broodingly beside the fire while I made some coffee . |
| 32 | I made some coffee ? |
| 33 | I made some comm-calls to contacts on planets here and there , pretending to some that I was looking for commissions , to others that I was in different parts of the galaxy transporting things for different people . |
| 34 | Then on the opposite page I saw ‘ insurance ’ and thought that looks interesting , so I made some enquiries . |
| 35 | So if I made some guesses you might be able to answer . ’ |
| 36 | but then you can , you can specialize you see , I mean some nurses go into the theatre all the time once they 've qualified |
| 37 | I would n't have gone rush I mean some mothers have gone rushing up the school and complained . |
| 38 | Er Now a lot of things in Lakehoff 's paper perhaps people have disagreed with since then such as the things about tag questions and hedges erm I mean some studies have said that if you look at the actual modality of tag questions , like we said before , the actual function of it |
| 39 | I think , I mean some unions might want the branch secretaries but some might want all branch officials , some might want all shop stewards or senior shop stewards or convenors or whatever terminology we have , have in the respective unions for , for their positions . |
| 40 | cos I mean some places that are fairly big th the , if you 've got hundred in they just , it looks empty do n't it ? |
| 41 | I mean some evenings it would be quite quiet and maybe just the next-door neighbour |
| 42 | I mean some schools have not gone off site at all you know they 've actually stayed inside |
| 43 | It 's we it it 's I mean some days are better than others . |
| 44 | So to my mind , er the , the people dare dance should have been yourselves er I mean some years ago where your jobs are very secure , you knew that you were likely to see the end of the term in e e employed . |
| 45 | I mean some lyrics are pretty inane , are n't they . |
| 46 | I mean some people are looking at me as though I 've just revealed some dread secret |
| 47 | Erm I mean some people say , quite wrongly , that it 's something that does n't take any part in the reaction but speeds it up , but how can it do that . |
| 48 | as far as part time work goes and supply work , because erm that work is sort of quite spasmodic I suppose it can be I mean some people do a regular amount some do bits here and there . |
| 49 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 50 | Er without having a good relationship with the people in the flats , er if I mean some people if they say see something going off , they 'll turn their you know , turn their back and they do n't want to know . |
| 51 | never , I mean some people go around just like twins do n't they ? |
| 52 | I mean some people say it diffidence some people say it 's considerate so you have to then try and go a bit further beyond the actual differences to find out what the reasons behind them are . |
| 53 | I mean some people actually erm depends what you think of as positive . |
| 54 | I mean some people have a knack . |
| 55 | But I 'm as long as you 're careful I mean some people |
| 56 | I do n't know what , I mean some people may , you know , may not even perceive you know the concept of sin so I got rid of that |
| 57 | I mean some people adopt the approach of trying to d do it all in about two hours just before the deadline so they do n't have time to feel self critical erm I think perhaps if you can , you know , rather than , rather than trying to do it all at once I mean the business of , of going through successive drafts of things and gradually getting them better and better , I mean the first drafts of things that I write are , are usually just scribbles on the back of a piece of paper that 's , with something else on the front |
| 58 | but erm you know I mean some people do actually get total , totally pissed off with the university and the course and everything and , and decide to chuck it in , you know , er in which case |
| 59 | But , I mean some people th |
| 60 | And er some of us seemed to be more awkward than others , I mean some people 's feet when you look at them and , and areas like that , that , you think well why did Jehovah make them like that , they 're so ugly and yet without them where would we be ? |