Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] with some " in BNC.

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1 I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction .
2 We do swear — ’ He paused , and a murmur followed him with some clearer , harsher voices audible amongst it : ‘ We do swear — ’ He went on : ‘ Never to swerve , ’ and they said it together , ‘ Never to swerve — from our present path — till we have cleansed the country — or this oppressive Act .
3 Wickham quashed it with some hard questions .
4 Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment .
5 Certainly Cromwell regarded them with some anxiety , and in 1533 he made Throckmorton promise that he would ‘ stay at home and meddle little with politics ’ .
6 ‘ Oh , he sees me , ’ Belinda told her with some spirit .
7 Indeed , each man refused it with some indignation ; Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States .
8 In the evening Chola woke him with some water to drink : he winced and then groaned as the pain shot out from his thigh and radiated through his body .
9 On my final day at Berkeley , my fourth-form pupils presented me with some flowers and a small mounted copy of Claude Lorrain 's ‘ Hagar and the Angel ’ .
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