Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the professional golfers almost took a back seat , and it always afforded me some wry amusement when Ryder Cup golfers of repute were ignored by the spectators who were intent on getting the autograph of some star from a television soap opera . |
| 2 | My experience of working with other nationalities both at Wilhelmshaven and later , when with David Wheeler I had set up the German Fishery Protection Service in the Baltic , also taught me some fundamental lessons . |
| 3 | ‘ Walked on the race course before breakfast the air balmy and very delightful , great numbers of the blue mountain parrots were making their morning meal on a large kind of the Eucalypti — two of the beautiful Nankeen night herons passed over our heads and we heard the curious note of the coul [ cowl ] bird or bald-headed friar — returned with an excellent appetite — drew all day — in the evening John called me to look at the skin of a snake more than six feet long which James shot in the act of ascending a tree — also brought me some beautiful specimens of a climbing plant bearing thick clusters of cream colour blossoms . ’ |
| 4 | The juice clearly did him some good . |
| 5 | She also gave me some mysterious Chinese herbal pills specially formulated for women and I have to say I feel terrific . |
| 6 | The man then asked her some gentle questions . |
| 7 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 8 | She happened to be a staunch Methodist and that at least offered me some welcome continuity . |
| 9 | He tipped his head back and casually surveyed her some more , enjoying every moment of her discomfiture , taking his time , provoking her with his gaze . |
| 10 | He recently gave her some free advice when she launched her own business . |