Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor people do n't want a millionaire among them reminding them of some way in which they failed to make it . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're using me as some sort of buffer between yourself and your feelings for Claire . |
| 3 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 4 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 5 | There was also no lack of contacts , who , starved of literature , were exhilarated to be able to talk about Eliot : a Captain Richardson , whom I met in Eritrea , engaged to a charming Italian , proved one of those contacts whom the war brought together and separated , reminding me in some ways of the young Eliot and Jean Verdenal . |
| 6 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 7 | My long-suffering owl chauffeur said to me one day while he was yet again driving me to some venue I was going to give a talk at , ‘ You and that bird are costing me a bloody fortune ! ’ |
| 8 | The Soviet statistics were terribly messy and scattered all over the place but Davies and Barker finally succeeded in teasing them out and knocking them into some sort of shape . |
| 9 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 10 | Style director Hamish Bowles , a lifelong fan , visited her at her magnificent home , Templeton , on Long Island and spent a day talking to and photographing her in some her favourite clothes ( see page 220 ) : ‘ It 's a ravishing and evocative home , C.Z. is a scintillating hostess and brings a contemporary touch to a house that is almost Edwardian in its management and battalions of staff . ’ |
| 11 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |
| 12 | My daughter , my grandkids hurt , and you 've been quizzing me about some job years ago that did n't even involve me ! , |
| 13 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 14 | Instinctively she ran a hand through her dishevelled hair , smoothing it into some kind of order . |
| 15 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 16 | It 's a well-designed demo , which almost leaves the screen empty , filling it with some of the best routines around . |
| 17 | Only by defining it in some such manner as suggested will you be able to recognise that it is , or is not , correct . |
| 18 | A model of the language is created by training it on some text that is already available . |
| 19 | Some of those subsidies went into persuading Daimler-Benz to take over most of Germany 's aerospace industry ( see page 87 ) , by guaranteeing it against some future losses risked in making Airbuses . |
| 20 | Disfavouring abortion in all cases is inconsistent with favouring it in some , since there are circumstances in which these attitudes will prompt attempts to permit and to prevent the very same act . |
| 21 | I 'm trusting you with some part of the background . |
| 22 | Surely you no longer suspect me of using you in some devious plan to make Lotta jealous ? ’ |
| 23 | Although the technology was not microprocessor-based , and the events are now thirty years past , the study 's theoretical approach and empirical findings are of such interest and relevance that it is worth describing them in some detail . |
| 24 | Sealed with the papal leaden seal , the bulla or bull , it was the authority for the judges ' actions , outlining any specific points which needed to be brought to their attention , informing them in some cases of the law and declaring their actual powers . |
| 25 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 26 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 27 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 28 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 29 | The reason why they maintained these holdings in dollars , rather than selling them for some other currency , was that dollar investments in New York remained attractive despite the decline in the relative value of the dollar in the early seventies . |
| 30 | Johnny 's words had left her feeling inadequate , as though he were presenting her with some enormous challenge which she did not feel equal to meet . |