Example sentences of "[pers pn] [that] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it was pointed out to me that some teachers were making lesson notes for the first time in years ! |
| 2 | Mickey Spielberg , Disney 's chief imagineer , told me that some adjustments have been made for the European park , especially in the type of catering provided . |
| 3 | One of the guerrillas invites him to drink wine , and in no time he is completely drunk , and has told them that some lorries loaded with ammunition are coming up the road , to help in the campaign to wipe out the guerrillas . |
| 4 | As your needs change and you grow , your inner teacher may tell you that some points need changing on your tape . |
| 5 | Covering her impatience , she told him that some keys similar to MacQuillan 's desk keys had been found and Ruby had been trying to divine from them the identity of their owner . |
| 6 | It depressed him that some observers thought the debate would be used ‘ as a way of paying off some scores , real or imagined ’ . |
| 7 | He remembered his wife mentioning to him that some immigrants had moved into the street , and , because he knew that neither Donna nor Mrs Stych would bother to call on immigrants , he felt vaguely sorry for the newcomers ' isolation . |
| 8 | So valuable is it that some scientists regard it as a scent and as soon as they detect it , they know that they are on the right track . |
| 9 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 10 | DESPITE the family rows and marriage break-ups , and the noticeable gaps in the ranks of her party guests , the 92-year-old Queen Mum 's tranquil smile and familiar wave told us that some things are unchanging . |
| 11 | Just when we thought we were comfortably settled , Mrs Brown informed us that some friends who took a stall in the Bedford market were coming the next Saturday and that , as she had always put them up , would we mind sleeping in the kitchen on a sofa and a shake-down ? |
| 12 | Felix McGlennon 's account — probably not untypical — of his composing methods reminds us that some categories of nineteenth-century printed song originated in quasi-oral ways : |