Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] for some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That pleased her for some unknown reason . |
| 4 | I remember , one bloke , mind-reader he was — Steenie booked him for some Variety bill , forget where it was now . |
| 5 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 6 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 7 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 9 | To cross the river we returned to the road , followed it for some way parallel to the railway and then joined the line again near a farm . |
| 10 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 11 | I watched them for some time , thinking smugly ‘ Ha ! |
| 12 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 13 | As the geological cycles repeated themselves for some three thousand million years , as the volcanoes exploded and spent themselves , life in the sea burgeoned into many forms ; but the land still remained barren . |
| 14 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 15 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 16 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 17 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 18 | The Yanks had in fact had them for some months in the Scullery apartment . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | The thought that Ace could go bad rankled him for some reason , and he mouthed a silent prayer that her judgment would remain sound . |
| 21 | In retirement Leslie launched the Oswestry Festival of Village Choirs , which absorbed him for some years until underfunding brought it to an end . |
| 22 | Although Laps has now passed out of the benign hands of David and Lotte Lapidus , who ran it for some 50 years , the tradition lives on as does the style of cuisine , best described by the Yiddish word hamisch . |
| 23 | Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September . |
| 24 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |
| 25 | Morris inhaled smoke , held it for some minutes , and then let it out down his nose . |