Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] they [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began jocularly by saying that he rose to address them with some apprehension , reminded of a piece of graffiti he had seen on a Whitehall notice board which had read , ‘ I used to be indecisive … but now I 'm not so sure , , which brought a few chuckles from the floor . |
| 2 | There are cases where owners genuinely believe that their pet cat has followed them by some mystical means to a new home several thousand miles away from the original one . |
| 3 | An attempt is being made to provide them with some form of base organisation without which they can not develop full effectiveness . |
| 4 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 5 | It now seems more fruitful to many political scientists and sociologists to concentrate their analysis upon the political structure and processes of change within fairly well defined types of political system — tribal societies , city-states , bureaucratic empires and other imperial regimes , absolutist states , socialist or capitalist industrial states , and so on — without attempting to locate them in some all-embracing historical scheme . |
| 6 | So he began to involve them in some of the decisionmaking about how their environment might be improved , their needs met . |
| 7 | If their historical interest had saved them from the pick , the swinging steel ball , and the bulldozer , their intractable lay-out had discouraged renovators who might have put them to some use . |
| 8 | It would seem highly unlikely , except at the times when falling piece rates forced them to , that domestic workers averaged such hours through the week , although they must have worked them on some days , if only to make up for slacker work early in the week . |
| 9 | UHA and University House have suffered two sad losses during the year with the deaths of Arthur Butterworth , who was Warden 1968–81 , and Alice Godsell , a faithful supporter to many since her student days of the early 1920s , and UHA wishes to commemorate them through some lasting gifts in House . |
| 10 | The River Thames had received them with some kindness , not passing on to them hepatitis or typhoid or any of the other plagues its waters might be carrying . |
| 11 | Meryl had joined them with some reluctance after the welcoming address , but the moment had been well chosen ; Anthea and the professor had been deep in conversation with an eager group of ladies from Leicester , leaving Meryl momentarily alone . |
| 12 | What could be anticipated with confidence was the beneficial results of redistribution , for Unionists had expected them for some time . |
| 13 | The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added . |
| 14 | As a church architect , I have visited , I believe , all the cathedrals in Europe — Chartres , Burgos , Canterbury , Cologne , Saragossa , Milano , Ely , Zagreb , Gozo , Rheims — ’ I continued to name them for some while as we tramped down the nave . |
| 15 | Erm and it was rather a a and heavy work , you had to have a team of horses to pull a load of suedes and you had to get them in Some you used to carry out on and just drag them I mean s spread them out on the field er for the store cattle and the sheep . |
| 16 | There undoubtedly are cases of parents who exaggerate their child 's ills , and who are determined to blame them on some physical cause , when family . |
| 17 | But we had to tell them about some modifications that needed to be done . |
| 18 | We have heard them for some time ; now we see them , red and white on the green of the plains . |
| 19 | I tended to regard them with some scepticism . |