Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To force cyclists to lock and unlock their bikes , detach and reattach shopping bags , lift off children and carry them perhaps for some distance , are all seen as ways of penalising cyclists and by implication encouraging the convenience of car use . |
| 2 | I 'm just can you put me down for some paracetamols for the pain |
| 3 | Looking into her great eyes , their blue so dark that it was almost black , he was uncomfortably aware that having Miss Sally-Anne McAllister in the house was a most disturbing influence on a man who had not only denied himself sexually for some years , but who had rarely mixed with young women at all since he had left the army . |
| 4 | Even at the age of about 13 I 'd be guided only by people who I thought knew something about the game , and who were not thing to stitch me up-I was always thinking people were trying to stitch me up for some reason . |
| 5 | They had , it transpired , been training one up for some time . |
| 6 | I had known them now for some time and smiled at the thought of their good company . |
| 7 | If you 've neglected your legs during the winter and are planning to get them out for some spring sunshine then check out the new Stripwax from Jolen , £3.95 for 36 strips . |
| 8 | ‘ I can only imagine someone has jumped out on her and dragged her away for some reason . |
| 9 | He was beginning to wonder if they were n't already softening him up for some kind of a change . |
| 10 | I know that whether it was trying to dig him up for some doubles at Kyalami or just dropping in on him aboard the Queen Mary , I always called up first to make sure he was not otherwise engaged , and I can recall many times when James appeared at the track looking benign but far from fresh . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've written him up for some medication to ease the headache . ’ |
| 12 | She looked around her anxiously for some place to hide . |
| 13 | She did not immediately come back with an answer , but looked at him steadily for some seconds before she said , ‘ That 's why you think you 've got me here for good , is n't it , Father ? |
| 14 | She looked down at him consideringly for some time . |
| 15 | There 's always talk like this , Anne , but it 's usually politicians just trying it on for some advantage . |
| 16 | er er I do n't know why I was thinking about it yesterday for some reason , oh probably because I got erm the official invite to the er thing on Friday . |
| 17 | It seems to have hit us more than anyone else for some reason . |
| 18 | ‘ The courtyard of a house in Delft ’ dates from the height of his career and will doubtless attract much attention from around the world ( est. £4.5–6.5 million ; $6.9–9.9 million ) although it is well-known that Christie 's have been trying to sell it privately for some time and the current estimate is regarded as quite strong . |
| 19 | I have not dressed myself up for some time . |