Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He said you were bringing her some thirst quenchers , and he asked me to run down and collect them . |
| 2 | Hua 's policy of the ‘ two whatevers ’ , i.e. to ( 1 ) resolutely uphold whatever decisions Mao had made and ( 2 ) carry out whatever the Chairman had instructed , were to cause him some difficulties in a changing political environment . |
| 3 | So , for example , the lecture I 'm going to give you today is n't reflected at all in Arnold erm so er I think it 'd be helpful if I were to give you some indication of when there were and when there were n't . |
| 4 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 5 | One day , she came out to the perimeter fence ; another , she came into the kitchen when they were making me some food . |
| 6 | What , it does Ma , ma just killed a man , I was given him some |
| 7 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
| 8 | He stuffed the bundle of papers into his pocket and pulled a face , as if the toothpick was causing him some sort of pain . |
| 9 | Without warning , she suspended her scrutiny to locate a flea which was causing her some bother . |
| 10 | Then a Rate 1 back onto 210 and descend towards the pilot ; the sun was low and that was causing me some problems ; seventy knots , no flaps in case I had to move fast , 100 feet — hold it . |
| 11 | The King was paying him some money every year , and Ben wanted to give a party for his friends . |
| 12 | Mind , it took about eight weeks to achieve that desirable state , and all they did was to give me some tablets , good food , rest and lots of kindness . |
| 13 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |
| 14 | I was feeding him some biscuits and then went to kick a ball . |
| 15 | It was buying her some time and some space , nothing more . |
| 16 | I skate down the road a bit before I shout at cops — or anyone that was giving me some shit . |
| 17 | Mr Malik was giving him some very odd looks . |
| 18 | ‘ I was out with Annsley one evening and I was giving him some stick about not putting something back into the game , ’ said Armstrong . |
| 19 | Catherine and Davidson were left in his office to carry on the conversation , and while Davidson was finding her some more coffee , Catherine turned the photograph on John McLeish 's desk to look at it . |
| 20 | ‘ Once , we made a recording of John and hid it behind the radio while his mum was making us some tea , ’ he chuckled . |
| 21 | " Aye , I was givin' 'er some hay . |
| 22 | It was to take me some time longer to undergo the metamorphosis from a ‘ teacher ’ to a ‘ lecturer ’ . |
| 23 | She cocked her head slightly to one side , staring at Corbett , a slight smile on her lips as if he was telling her some merry jest or interesting tale . |
| 24 | He hoped Barbara could read the sub-text here : that if she was offering him some kind of invitation — and he was not for a moment suggesting that he was worthy of such a thing if she were — then he was regretfully declining it , on the understanding that both of them knew why . |