Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] some [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 2 | After the third call Morris said to Bob , ‘ I asked some people to step round . ’ |
| 3 | I mean some people are looking at me as though I 've just revealed some dread secret |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Er I mean some people like reggae music , some people like body popping and things like this , there 's all different taste . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | never , I mean some people go around just like twins do n't they ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I mean some people actually erm depends what you think of as positive . |
| 11 | I mean some people have a knack . |
| 12 | But I 'm as long as you 're careful I mean some people |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | But , I mean some people th |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Oh no , I know that , I know that I mean some people find some things easy , some people find some things hard , do n't they ? |
| 19 | He would n't of put it behind the car I mean some people are stupid but |
| 20 | Yeah that 's right , I mean some people do n't |
| 21 | But that 's exactly the same me and Ady having this bungalow built , I mean some people been ever so funny . |
| 22 | I mean some people just do n't expect you to let them out so they 're dreaming mostly . |
| 23 | I mean some people were quite willing to answer it and they were quite willing to say what stereotypes they usually employ and others j er just clam up and said , oh I never judge people , and I thought yeah liar doing all the time ? biggest gossips in the office and she 's never got a good word to say about anyone , she 's always digging the dirt but when I presented her with it , I never try to judge people . |
| 24 | answer , I mean some people would be totally happy to yeah , fine but I 'm sure there 'll be other people who , you know , I want some more er |
| 25 | I mean some people obviously try to comply with it . |
| 26 | and I got some fruit up the market on Friday . |
| 27 | got some , I got some people coming round tonight so I was gon na do it anyway . |
| 28 | I expect some people watching might think that wo wo football is a boy 's game , rather than a girl 's game , but of course that is n't the tradition is it ? |
| 29 | whatever you can , there 's no stipulation you 've got to do so many , you have to do whatever you can , but I expect some people can take them to work and just leave them on ca n't they ? |
| 30 | So the maximum is nine that people can hold on to and the thing about nine of course is it splits up into three threes and that 's why I say some people will group a twelve number into four threes or something like that or three fours because they 're all well within this span of conception . |