Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants to talk about getting some of his poets to work on the Alps — he 's looking after one or two o the Romantics for a few months , while a colleague of his is sitting on a commission of inquiry . |
| 2 | This chapter has concentrated on exploring some problems of definition and interpretation which make speaker variables so difficult to handle , with particular reference to the variables of social class , sex , ethnicity and social network . |
| 3 | The further into the future the perceived crisis , the more the chief executive will need to rely on introducing some flexibility into the corporate strategy to facilitate a change in direction in future if it becomes necessary . |
| 4 | The house was perfect — well , it would have been perfect ; it needed a complete overhaul , of course , redecorating from top to bottom , and then I 'd thought of building some guest-houses , and it seemed a little silly to have a villa with perfect anchorage unless I used it , so I 'd thought of a yacht … |
| 5 | Such a view is certainly too simplistic , as we hope to show by considering some experimental work in which ‘ the topic ’ was treated as the equivalent of a title . |
| 6 | I 'm coming with you I 've got to do er I 've got ta do some prep |
| 7 | Erm also the accountant you could 've tried to of got round because you were , you were digging the hole there erm you know where he 's , okay he wants to see the accountant , will this be a good idea I mean you could 've said yeah you know you appreciate that and all the rest of it and you could 've gone more into the tax side of where you , you know , you could 've perhaps er the company could 've benefited by putting some into the pension scheme as opposed erm paying all the taxes maybe you could 've gone in that way . |
| 8 | I could have done with saving some . |
| 9 | So , er , she 's getting ever so grubby looking now , I reckon very soon we 'll gon na have to talk about getting some more er covers . |
| 10 | And now I 'm starting to look for to get some . |
| 11 | But it is equally possible that he could spoil any chances he might have had by making some political slip . |
| 12 | I was starting to think about cooking some supper when I heard music . |
| 13 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 14 | By contrast , while de Gaulle failed to bring the other five completely to heel , he did succeed in achieving some of his objectives : the supranational element within the Community was reduced , and a more widespread use of majority voting was prevented . |
| 15 | Granda 's fondness for alcohol is one of the reasons why I have never touched it in my life … although I do admit to having some rum sauce once . |
| 16 | But if you start talking about taking some of the cash from the fund , you 've got to tell the clients it could affect the cover that they 've got , because it is n't a savings policy . |
| 17 | Operating out of a tiny flat on the Left Bank , the cell had succeeded in spreading some interesting biochemical havoc across half of the United European Community . |
| 18 | Twenty minutes later , after a diplomatic phone call , Shiona had succeeded in smoothing some of Henri 's ruffled feathers . |
| 19 | That day Raybestos had succeeded in dumping some 100 bags of waste . |
| 20 | Trading relations between the two countries were considerably better than during the late 1980s , not least because US pressure had succeeded in opening some South Korean markets , causing the trade surplus with the USA to fall from $8,600 million in 1988 to $4,700 million in 1989 . |
| 21 | And I will start looking at organising some recordings in Wales , because I I know that 's one area where I can get some stuff done . |
| 22 | I know right I 've got ta make some pastry |
| 23 | Coming round tonight , that 's why I 've got ta record some of this . |
| 24 | Get over like I said she said that 's enough like you 've got ta leave some room for a |
| 25 | I 've got ta do some more batteries for er |
| 26 | Chris up till Christmas cos I 've got ta put some weight on . |
| 27 | So we 've borrowed everything erm oh you 've got ta buy some proper ski gloves . |
| 28 | I 'm gon na come in first thing Monday thought cos I 've got ta pick some things up right . |
| 29 | You 've got ta learn some songs . |
| 30 | You 've got ta learn some songs . |