Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains .
2 The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying .
3 Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone .
4 One that has plagued me for some while .
5 He made me feel as if he had rescued me from some intellectual gutter , some abyss of boredom .
6 What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time .
7 Once Edward Morris had been set free , he had recommended her to some of his friends and so trade was looking up .
8 And he remembered with satisfaction , because it proved that he was not at fault , that Miriam and Louise had both approached him with some wild tale about Miss Hughes leading their brothers into debauchery and sensuality .
9 It was as if he said it not to me , but equally to everything around us ; as if she stood listening , in the dark shadows by the doors ; as if the telling of his past had reminded him of some great principle he was seeing freshly again .
10 I had expected it at some point .
11 You 've probably saved me from some kind of demonic sacrifice .
12 My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned .
13 Seen me through some things . ’
14 ‘ Since then , he 's seen me through some incredible times .
15 I had not seen them for some time .
16 Do n't forget , I 've seen you in some states , Ruth , practically off your rocker wasting away wrapped up in that sod .
17 Stephen Scobie , in emphasising the motif of sainthood in Leonard 's writing , completely omits reference to this key Jewish emphasis , which would have prevented him from some of his more questionable comments , such as the reference to them as ‘ social outcasts ’ .
18 Alison regarded me as though I were a dosser who 'd just importuned her for some spare change .
19 To begin with , they thought that the Robemaker had injured him in some unimaginable way , for the crimson mask still had him in its grip and in the flickering light , it looked for a moment as if the lower part of his face was covered in blood .
20 Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time .
21 No doubt there was some poor woman in Australia with whom he 'd become involved and from whom he 'd run away when she 'd presented him with some difficult situation .
22 She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her .
23 ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’
24 ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’
25 She had n't seen him for some years , of course , but she was sure that it was n't like him to be so edgy … so extraordinarily tense and restless .
26 I usually bump into him every so often on the stairs , in one of the upstairs rooms or in the garden , but I have not seen him in some time .
27 I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school .
28 ‘ He was a black Jew ; the Church has turned him into some kind of Barbie doll . ’
29 She even told them about the nice young man who said he had n't seen her for some time .
30 erm she was hefty though and her sister Ann used to be enormous years ago this is , and erm she went on a , a diet , I do n't know what , how , how she lost the weight but she did and I , I had n't seen her for some years and I remember her coming to the factory this day , and she came in and she , she used to do er her flower shop , she used to do flower arrangements and the girls at work would order them you know ?
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