Example sentences of "[pers pn] [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You can come and help me to carry some pictures , George dear , ’ she said to young Curdle , who was skipping about the playground . |
| 2 | The final withdrawal without major disaster enabled them to preserve some profit . |
| 3 | Joy told me to find some sort of a lining , and off they went . |
| 4 | yeah get em get em to do some sort of training |
| 5 | Tchaikovsky wrote The Seasons for the monthly journal Nuvellist , whose editor had the bright idea of commissioning 12 pieces from him for a year 's issues , each of them to depict some aspect of the month in question . |
| 6 | It saddens me to hear some people in Britain speak as if there were some way of keeping Germany divided whether or not this is what the Germans want . |
| 7 | Do you want me to play some games or something ? |
| 8 | The danger of swallowing can be minimised if companies take the tender offer route — buying minority stakes which still enable them to exercise some control , and still share costs in areas such as research or marketing . |
| 9 | Other naturalistic views , Marxist and some which indeed call themselves ‘ evolutionary ’ , have often proclaimed themselves free from any such picture , but it is basically very hard for them to avoid some appeal to an implicit teleology , an order in relation to which there would be an existence that would satisfy all the most basic human needs at once . |
| 10 | But we ask you to spare some time during the holiday to think of those who are less fortunate . |
| 11 | Tim wants you to see some people he knows who do investment advice — then you 'd get more out of those shares . |
| 12 | Would n't you agree it 's just about time that somebody helped you to restore some kind of order into your life ? " |
| 13 | ‘ Here 's the money for the boots and my brother Dai wants you to repair some shoes . |
| 14 | But I do want you to write some things for next time . |
| 15 | I want you to write some letters . |
| 16 | Clearly there would be little point in reviewing the experience unless it helped you to reach some conclusions . |
| 17 | I came to see you to create some warmth between all of us . ’ |
| 18 | In the meantime , to keep you occupied — and to ensure that some part of the considerable sum of money invested in keeping you alive is repaid — we would like you to do some work for us . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I want you to do some research on her . |
| 20 | They 're calling for you to give some sort of speech . ’ |
| 21 | I told you to put some orange in there . |
| 22 | He wants that , yo , he wants you to put some water in that for a test , some of your water in that |
| 23 | ‘ Surely it is n't asking too much of you to put some clothes on , Your Highness . ’ |
| 24 | Now did you draw I asked you to draw some graphs did n't I . |
| 25 | Erm , so I would certainly be asking you to keep some contingency provision in that area , because we project some very expensive one-off demands on certain elements of children 's services . |
| 26 | ‘ Where would I be without you to knock some sense into my thick head ? ’ he said tenderly . |
| 27 | ‘ Today I want you to watch some films , ’ Roirbak said . |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll leave you to get some rest , ’ he said gently , in slow , clear Italian . |
| 29 | But now I think there 's nothing more we can do here , and it 's time we left you to get some rest . |
| 30 | But I 'd advise you to get some rest yourself . |