Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UHA and University House have suffered two sad losses during the year with the deaths of Arthur Butterworth , who was Warden 1968–81 , and Alice Godsell , a faithful supporter to many since her student days of the early 1920s , and UHA wishes to commemorate them through some lasting gifts in House . |
| 2 | That 's why he left me for some other woman — one who did n't booze and do embarrassing things , or get moody , or stupid , or passionate . ’ |
| 3 | Because the Kurecolor KC-400 Brush Pen range is easily portable — all 60 pens fit into a compact work station with a rest that doubles as a carrying handle — I took it with me for some outdoor sketching . |
| 4 | I expected to find a privileged crew , tolerating me for some positive press . |
| 5 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 6 | ‘ Please do n't portray me as some flashy Vegas gambler who 's plopping into the White House in Italian suits and expensive watches , ’ Mr Rogich told a reporter from The New York Times from his car phone . |
| 7 | Cigarettes , so cheap and in such large numbers , were snapped up even by non-smokers , who regarded them as some new kind of currency ; and the little bottles , so exquisitely miniature , ‘ twee ’ , as Sister Dew put it , could have nothing wicked about them even for teetotallers . |
| 8 | Ostrovsky had left Israel for Canada , his birthplace , in 1986 when he was dismissed from Mossad after working for them for some 17 months . |
| 9 | The reason why they maintained these holdings in dollars , rather than selling them for some other currency , was that dollar investments in New York remained attractive despite the decline in the relative value of the dollar in the early seventies . |
| 10 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 11 | As far as she could see there was nothing at all but mountains and she had a nasty feeling that they would be isolated behind them for some considerable time to come . |
| 12 | ‘ Since then , he 's seen me through some incredible times . |
| 13 | I thought you might be a Windmill girl … come to blackmail me about some drunken indiscretion of mine . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I was down there because they were questioning me about some old clothes . |
| 15 | My boss was telling me about some old boy right he had a beard for all his life yeah ? |
| 16 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 17 | Mr Bodenland was about to tell me of some tremendous thing that cheered him recently ! ’ |
| 18 | Those days climbing at Swanage and the Lizard reminded me of some familiar truisms , so easily lost when one is chained to the desk : that the spice of adventure and uncertainty , faced in partnership with others who feel the same , is at the core of all good climbing . |
| 19 | The creature scuttled ahead of them like some small black spider , opened the padlocked door and waved his guests forward . |
| 20 | At last Foreman came back , pulling up a chair beside them like some benevolent uncle ready to listen to a story or tell a merry tale . |
| 21 | She pointed to an area of the graphic that was expanding into other sections , eating into them like some strange , glittering kind of cancer . |
| 22 | A number of glasses of various kinds sprouted from between them like some bizarre flower bed . |
| 23 | I want to be taken seriously , which makes it galling that when I 've got a brain , certain types of men try to treat me like some empty-headed bimbo who … ’ |
| 24 | At first I though she had pissed herself , then I saw flowers tumble out of the sky and hit the water ahead of me like some strange rain . |
| 25 | He bestrode me like some stalwart saint of old , defending my prone body with buckler and flaming sword . |
| 26 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 27 | After you have learnt how to release the tension in muscles that have become habitually shortened , your teacher will take you through some ordinary , everyday activities in order to find out why these particular muscles have become over tightened . |
| 28 | Today 's drive takes you through some wonderful scenery as you follow the Black Canyon Highway as it climbs to Montezuma 's Castle , one of the most perfectly preserved of the ancient Indian cliff dwellings . |
| 29 | A trip on the Settle to Carlisle Railway takes you through some stunning countryside . |
| 30 | The scenic journey to Karolinka takes you through some beautiful mountainous countryside . |