Example sentences of "[adv prt] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They moved on to see some fellows working on a lovely Galway hooker raised on sleepers at the waterside , then crossed to a quiet little bar and had some Beamishes . |
| 2 | ( a ) If during a break you are not allowed to leave your station and may be called on to perform some duties , you are entitled to be paid for that break . |
| 3 | As luck would have it , Sophie had had no arrangement of her own for this evening , and , either forgetting our pact , or not taking my need for it seriously as she knew my activities were , on her terms , so innocent , had dropped in to borrow some coffee . |
| 4 | So we went and had and there was a little space , you know normal bit bigger than average and a little hooked thing and it opened up and down came some steps and we went up with trepidation I must say . |
| 5 | We rarely sit down to challenge some assumption we have always used . |
| 6 | ‘ I just came in to buy some flowers and a paper and suddenly I find I 'm in the middle of it all . |
| 7 | When he came in to put some logs on the sitting-room fire he could not restrain a sob , kneeling there with his back to the coffee-table . |
| 8 | I came in to do some work — I could n't sleep . |
| 9 | And she could n't believe it cos like , you know , now we 've got ta start down getting some revision , |
| 10 | Alice was tired and sat down to rest some 300m below the summit while the two men walked on . |
| 11 | They 've apparently done some very nasty things , so the free world has decided to send Black Hornet in to kick some enemy backside . |
| 12 | Happily , preservation groups stepped in to save some stock for posterity . |
| 13 | Congratulating themselves on having gained another client , Sophie and Helen sat down to have some tea , and Sophie was just about to tell of Robert Sheldrake 's visit when Joanna arrived . |
| 14 | Shaun Close , 21 goals in the reserves , could be brought in to add some firepower . |
| 15 | He flagged my car down to beg some drinking water , and told me that many of his animals would die if he was unable to reach water before nightfall . |
| 16 | For example , now that autumn is fading and the leaves are carpeting the ground in a tapestry of brilliant colours , just as one imagines that winter is only a clear night sky away , along come some plants which we might all associate with a spring display . |
| 17 | I go down to make some tea . |
| 18 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 19 | ‘ He came along to copy some lettering in the museum , not expecting the place to be closed , of course . |
| 20 | They came over to meet some people and they seemed to be interested . |
| 21 | ‘ Running away again , you hypocrite , ’ Harriet says drowsily , leaning over to slop some wine into her glass as she meanders past . |
| 22 | All the same , Merlyn said : ‘ We came over to fetch some things we store here . ’ |
| 23 | We 're off to spot some winners , and there are two tickets to be won for the big race |
| 24 | The programme in which he was seen chasing his fire engine before it sped off drew some criticism from the Berkshire and Reading Fire Service . |
| 25 | No. 4 Commando positions were being heavily mortared when I arrived , and Jock , my friend of many years ago , took me off to find some shelter in a dug-out , giving at least some protection from the flying shrapnel . |
| 26 | ‘ She wandered off to find some pine cones , ’ Billy replied , and stretched his tall skinny frame . |
| 27 | ‘ Dorothy 's off to visit some friends in Italy , ’ Jane told him . |
| 28 | I did n't expect to see her again until late on Monday — I went off to do some walking for the weekend and was taking an extra day . |
| 29 | But Spittals is going to want to see results in a day or so otherwise we 're off to do some time on that robbery job . ’ |
| 30 | Find out about er you know , if that is going through we 're gon na have to start flogging some of the stuff off to get some money back then . |