Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 This was one game in which Frank Strandli had a chance to prove himself and salvage some points when we really needed them but he did n't deliver .
2 A child who has been stretched emotionally and imaginatively in fashioning a pot from a lump of clay or weaving upon a simple loom will come , through the process of doing , to learn much about himself and gain some understanding of the pain , pleasure and struggle which underpin craftsmanship .
3 His dog-leg patrimony ( his uncle was Lord Chelmsford ) has enabled him to support himself and to help some others .
4 ‘ Do you want to come back to Florence with me and get some sleep ? ’
5 ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station .
6 An interruption came from one of the schoolboys who had walked up behind them and had some question he wanted to ask Matthew .
7 ‘ I carried on dealing in Sevens , servicing them , repairing them and did some racing until the economy picked up again in 1965 . ’
8 Because of this I decided it was n't worth going back to school so I just went in to tell everyone and collect some books .
9 ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you .
10 It is perfectly in order to pause before answering a question so that you can be totally sure you have understood what has been said to you and to give some thought to your answer .
11 And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money .
12 He had little difficulty in persuading Mrs Pargeter to run into Mondano with him and cash some traveller 's cheques .
13 In CHILE — God challenged us in our commitment to him and called some people to work in specific countries in the future .
14 A man in a suit came up beside her and made some remark which caused Jane to throw her head back and cackle .
15 This provided for arrangements to secure ransom money if necessary , to pool any gains of war and invest them profitably , and , if one left a widow , to make some provision for her and give some protection for surviving children .
16 She 'd ge nothing everything she did she had to sort of beautify it and put some embroidery on it .
17 It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it .
18 With City-based firms , there 's no problem because their employees realise a share is just a commodity and they can go and sell it and realise some cash .
19 That was more than a tad retro so I distracted myself and put some music on .
20 ‘ I 've looked after myself and made some sacrifices .
21 Well it would be something , it would be a bit of paper that say that I can look after children under five , I could go and run a play group or do whatever and earn some money
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