Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , nearly 60 per cent of them admitted committing some sort of crime or incivility in the nine months prior to being questioned . |
| 2 | Everyone has had some disappointment or failure . |
| 3 | That 's what I mean get some exercise in your legs . |
| 4 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 5 | And I got to get some toilet roll . |
| 6 | I got to have some beef in that role . |
| 7 | Longing was the key : ‘ I long to hold some lady , ’ a longing that was inexhaustible , tumultuous and yet ardently romantic . |
| 8 | " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper . |
| 9 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 10 | I tried using some spray furniture polish , rubbed well in , on the areas that were jamming . |
| 11 | I tried to put some money on the ‘ Stiffs ’ finishing bottom with the bookies . |
| 12 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 13 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 14 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 15 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 16 | ‘ Of course , as men always will , I tried to extract some hope from her . |
| 17 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 18 | Now I want to include some background music . |
| 19 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
| 20 | I want to do some scuba , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 21 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 22 | Listen , I want to grab some supper . |
| 23 | I want to get some work done . ’ |
| 24 | I want to get some petrol . |
| 25 | I want to get some feel of how serious it is . |
| 26 | I want to get some sleep , not indulge in erotic horseplay — after all , you might blackmail me after , ’ he said cuttingly . |
| 27 | I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection . |
| 28 | And while you go straight back to the hotel I want to buy some road maps . ’ |
| 29 | Can we not reach conclusions today which I sense has some possibility of consensus ? |
| 30 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |