Example sentences of "[to-vb] it [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what Morse said it looks as though he was trying to flog it in some under-the-counter deal , but I do n't see how it helps us . ’ |
| 2 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
| 3 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 4 | To really get to know a country , you need to get to know it in some detail , and to allow you the chance to know the fascinating world of Chianti , Citalia this summer offers its Flavour of Chianti programme . |
| 5 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |
| 6 | He was going to sell it to some Jew . |
| 7 | A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism : |
| 8 | It is important to remember that the linguistic utterances of others are just as much externally observed behaviour as walking down stairs or pressing a button in a psychophysics laboratory although , because of the high information content of linguistic behaviour , we are prone to endow it with some mystical quality which opens a special window on to the mind of the person generating it . |
| 9 | The way Singer spoke the word seemed to endow it with some great mystery . |
| 10 | Anyway , Nigel , who loved trout , used to drain the millpond from time to time to rid it of some of the accumulated silt and then just pick them up . |
| 11 | I had always intended to do it at some stage . ’ |
| 12 | Ah we us , we used to do it at some of the erm |
| 13 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 14 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 15 | To put it into some form of perspective it is perhaps worth reviewing the whole issue of how fonts get displayed on a computer screen and why the method chosen to display them has become so important . |
| 16 | The training , however high-level , is converted into higher education only when the student is able to form an independent evaluation of what he or she has learned or mastered , is able to put it into some kind of perspective , and is able to see not only its strengths but also its limitations . |
| 17 | credit card or trading check which can be used only in specific shops ) ; or it is unrestricted , where the borrower gets a loan of money which he could in practice use for whatever he wants ( even if he has in fact arranged to use it for some particular purpose ) . |
| 18 | This is called parallel computing , and everyone trying to build supercomputers of the future has agreed it will be necessary to use it in some form . |
| 19 | Hardy suggests two types of strategy which may be used to turn conflict into competition or argument , or to manage it in some other acceptable way . |
| 20 | We have no reason to give it to some foreign country . |
| 21 | The essential point , however , is not what advantage any one party might derive from the WGMS : it is the assurance that unless you choose to give it to some tiny party your second vote will count . |
| 22 | ( Many floatplanes only have a handle on the end of the wire , and you have to hook it onto some convenient protrusion . ) |
| 23 | So it was minuted in a sort of staff student consultative group last year , so I have been requested to confine it in some measure to a single text . |
| 24 | This movement is usually made more apparent because the head sinks into the shoulders and the hands come close to the body to protect it from some blow , curse or frightening event , e.g. Juliet 's movement after her father has demanded why she is not conforming to his wishes . |
| 25 | Ben Nevis really needs no introduction , and as most walkers intend to climb it at some point it 's worthy of inclusion . |
| 26 | If we do something pleasant to a horse , like worming it , or giving injection , or something else , we are likely to care and stroke it afterwards , or to reward it in some other way , such as with food . |
| 27 | This chapter has been concerned to sketch in the general background to the reign of Mary Queen of Scots , and to clear it of some of the misconceptions about Scottish kingship which have tended to confuse the issues . |
| 28 | Then would it be better to send it to some central |
| 29 | Alternatively it 'll ask you to rephrase it in some other way . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |