Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] that some " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They were addressed by a M. Corneloup who told them that some 103 priests had ‘ escaped from the land of slavery … and had entered the … |
| 2 | What is , what is happening at the moment is although they ca n't afford the money for the full , for the full treatment they are making an allocation of money to improve matters round , round that area , which will be er , cos I , I told them that some of the pensioners were , w walking round by the bankment , it 's pouring of rain , which is perfectly true and that er the engineer should go round and see for himself and plus the fact how many of these people ever travel by bus , or do they always go by car , no , and also I brought up about bus shelters and all those sort of things , but any way , there will be some improvements for the bus station in the future . |
| 3 | Poole told me that some people were also shocked because John , in his role as the Devil , ‘ disguised himself as a girl in point shoes , a tutu and a blonde wig , with his devil 's horns showing through ’ . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You 're pleased about his engagement — he told me that some time ago — and you 've as good as admitted it tonight . ’ |
| 6 | Tom confirmed our assumption that we were in the Beka'a Valley saying that Carton , an Arabic speaker , told him that some of the food wrappers had Baalbek addresses on them . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Tait told her that some of the information about Mills involved a KGB agent , whom he called ‘ Nikolai ’ for lack of anything better . |
| 9 | The numbers using trading checks in our sample were too small to draw any conclusions from , but the National Consumer Credit Federation ( representing mainly small to medium-sized check traders , but some large firms too ) told us that some 80 to 95 per cent of their business is with previous customers , usually long-standing . |
| 10 | The Institute of Trading Standards Administration , which told us that some of its members are finding follow-on credit a problem in some places , suggested to us that , by regulation , follow-on agreements should count as one single agreement . |
| 11 | UAPT and , particularly , CD were in favour of this , and lenders would not object ; indeed , the Finance Houses Association told us that some of their members already include this information on proposal forms . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | It depressed him that some observers thought the debate would be used ‘ as a way of paying off some scores , real or imagined ’ . |