Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I suspect that Mains rather got some enjoyment out of appearing as some grim nemesis of the south . |
| 2 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 3 | In the final confrontation Jaq and Grey Knights had fought through savage ranks of cultists who all showed some mark of Chaos — a tentacle , a sting , tendrils instead of hair , suckers , claws ; through to the warlock of the coven ensconced deep within the caverns where young captives whimpered piteously in cages . |
| 4 | He suddenly felt some sympathy for her : her intentions had been evil but Jane could hardly have foreseen the appalling results of her maliciousness — if indeed Jim Lancaster had stormed off and murdered his wife . |
| 5 | In fact he had me arriving at the scene in a police car with two tones , at , at , at that time we did n't have police cars with two tones , just siren , so they obviously put some sound on it . |
| 6 | In his whimsical way the British prime Minister observed , ‘ This argument naturally had some appeal to me on general grounds ’ : but he did not respond . |
| 7 | Interest rate was never judged the most important factor ( nor was total cost of credit ) with things costing up to £100 , and with these even adding in people 's second and third choice factors showed that interest rates only had some importance for about 12 per cent of shoppers . |
| 8 | Were n't gon na get nothing , I was on , I only wanted some money . |
| 9 | But I guess they just got some way . |
| 10 | ‘ Just got some stuff on my mind , ’ she told Josie , and Josie did n't press her further . |
| 11 | ‘ I just rented some protection . ’ |
| 12 | I just heard some horseshit about a hoax call to a radio show … ’ |
| 13 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 14 | She desperately needed some time alone to think . |
| 15 | I just fancied I know , but I just fancied some custard |
| 16 | I just did some checking , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 18 | He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ? |
| 19 | That 's an interesting actually side chart , I mean this is completely off the agenda and things , but erm , I just had some information up from er , from RADA and er |
| 20 | One or two members already had some knowledge of it from press reports and Black 's fellow employees in Short Brothers . |
| 21 | His ‘ pre-verbal ’ concept of the self could only be predicated of beings who already had some grasp of language . |
| 22 | Frelimo already had some experience of developing schools in the liberated zones before independence , when education was intended to contribute to the liberation struggle , to change people 's consciousness and attitudes and to promote production and combat . |
| 23 | Of course , I already had some experience with the various falconers ' knots and changing jesses with a bird perched on my fist , but poor old Derek got himself a bit tied up . |
| 24 | Even before their enforced sojourn in the tsar 's eastern provinces , several of the Decembrist conspirators already had some experience of , or indirect connection with , Siberia . |
| 25 | The picture could be executed by a company called Scanachrome in which I already had some interest and it seemed like a good opportunity to get involved with the process . |
| 26 | He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement . |
| 27 | I find her very disturbing ; I just wanted some company and to talk . |
| 28 | I just wanted some company , |
| 29 | But there 's no ne oh well they just wanted some fun , I know they did but there was no need to . |
| 30 | Yeah Charlotte you always , I hate the way you always relent and you always say oh well , you know , I should n't be angry with them cos they just wanted some fun and you know , never mind eh , sort of thing and you know , you suc yeah but why do you succumb |