Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] some [n mass] " in BNC.

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31 Oh right erm but er well you can , you can get away without , without buying stuff erm I mean as I , as I say some people do end up sharing erm some people do end up , not that there 's very much library stock very often but , you know , some people do
32 At a conference in San Francisco not so long ago , I encountered some people who want to deal with all these problems by contraception .
33 I ate some fruit , followed by a tuna sandwich made with solid wholemeal bread and headed for Toby 's house .
34 I owe some people some money . ’
35 I hear some people in court and I say to myself ‘ I know why you are not here every day ’ .
36 I know some folk wo n't change for anybody they just go harping on in their dialect and er well this fellow said some visitors just do n't understand him I always find myself translating in a situation like that .
37 I know some people got them , but I ai n't never seen one before .
38 ‘ I 've never been scared to wear hats , although I know some people are .
39 ‘ We never turn a dog away , ’ said Pat , ‘ and I know some people will say that 's wrong .
40 I know some people will look , but eventually they 'll get used to it ; say , ‘ Oh , that 's the girl with one leg ’ , and nothing more .
41 I know some people might think the decision I made was unpleasant and monstrous but I want to tell how I came to make the decision and the reasons behind it .
42 Oh , I know some people like doing things like that , but not people like us .
43 I know some people are saying we will hit somebody for five or six goals sooner or later , but I 'd rather we had a nice , successful run of 1-0 wins than just a one-off . ’
44 I know some people overrun their visas , but Caroline was not the sort to do anything like that . ’
45 But yesterday 45-year-old Keith insisted : ‘ I know some people are going to say it 's all to do with Ecstasy but , honestly , it 's not .
46 I know some people will think it 's Mission Impossible , and I can understand that .
47 I know some people say their schooldays were the best days of their life . ’
48 I know some people may not agree with this , but it has been my view over three or four years of struggle that there are in fact substantial elements within the establishment , within government , within the civil service who would like to help .
49 No I , its not my speciality , I have tried and I , I really ca n't , I ca n't cope with the discipline of it at all , it , it er ruins the activity that I have , I know some people , one , one woman I was on the course with , it was n't you was it Phillip ? , it was somebody , was it you who worked , no
50 You ca n't sort of say — well , I know some people do — but I ca n't say ‘ I wo n't pay that bill because I 've got to buy some food . ’
51 You do n't need to hoard them for years , I know some people who hoard receipts for years .
52 I know some people did but no .
53 Oh , I know some people would say it was May and December , but I thought it was a lovely relationship .
54 ‘ Yes , I know some people might think we are because we occasionally partner each other , but you should have known better — or perhaps not , since you never had any scruples about being a party to another man 's infidelity six years ago , which leads me to believe that this show of conscience on Cavell 's behalf is just that — show !
55 He mentions Heydrich , and an airfield in Denmark , Aalborg , I know some people there .
56 I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it .
57 ‘ But I know some people have felt so miserable they have seen their doctor for some medicine and have been told that the fumes are the likely cause of their symptoms .
58 I know some people accused us of whingeing , but it was ridiculous that they were able to benefit from something that was entirely their fault .
59 I know some people now .
60 I know some people take a year off before they enter university .
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