Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The selection of committees is an important matter and the newly-elected councillor , if he has any preferences , should make them known in some form either to his political group or to his acquaintances on the council . |
| 2 | It amused them to dine in some style , formally separating the working day from their evenings together . |
| 3 | They made me feel of some value again and the warmth was flooding through me long before the kettle had boiled on the iron stove in the corner . |
| 4 | ‘ You make me sound like some kind of tease — it was never that way — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You make me sound like some kind of natural disaster . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You make me sound like some crazed nymphomaniac . |
| 7 | One final point I would make is is that there has been a a little bit of an impression given I think in some comments this morning that we have a a virtual free for all as regards the availability of agricultural land and er the marked change that it has been said to occur since nineteen eighty . |
| 8 | Just when you expect them to lash into some wicked rockabilly they come out with the Radio 4 theme music soundalike of ‘ Mala Femmina ’ . |
| 9 | Just when you expect them to lash into some wicked rockabilly they come out with the Radio 4 theme music soundalike of ‘ Mala Femmina ’ . |
| 10 | Then there was a strange silence , as if we 'd come to a full stop , as if he 'd expected me to react in some other way . |
| 11 | To reduce this ambiguity , it is necessary to eliminate the incorrect letter candidates in each position , or at least rank them according to some measure of their plausibility . |
| 12 | He found himself responding to some of the ideas that the Tunisians gently explored in their tents . |
| 13 | These phrases do , however , have the ring of truth in an aesthetic sense — or rather there was an aesthetic process involved which had to some extent its own story . |
| 14 | ‘ I suggest you go to some holy place , preferably out of the City , and pray for forgiveness for the levity which started this business . ’ |
| 15 | But this moral relationship can only produce its effect if the real distance between individuals has itself diminished in some way . |
| 16 | And if the recession continued much longer she might return to London to find herself looking for some other occupation to keep the roof over her head — but that was her secret . |
| 17 | He has been pressing her to move for some time . |
| 18 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 19 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 20 | So you want it arranged in some form that makes it easy to retrieve ( find ) the specific item you are looking for at any given moment . |
| 21 | ( d ) Offices and employments As a matter of prudence , agreement should be reached at an early stage in the life of any firm whose partners , or some of them , are likely to find themselves appointed to some professional or public office as to : ( 1 ) whether remuneration from such offices should in principle be accounted for as part of the profits of the firm ( Clause 10.06 ) ; and ( 2 ) the amount of time any partner should be permitted to devote to such activities ( before his profit share suffers some downward adjustment ) . |
| 22 | I returned to my men and told them to unload under some fig trees on the steep river bank . |
| 23 | For a start you do n't expect me to behave like some sort of stud . |
| 24 | ‘ Learning Persian would give you access to some great treasures . |
| 25 | But perhaps her main reason for staying put was that , if she accepted what was plainly a generous offer , she would feel herself placed under some kind of an obligation and put morally in his debt . |
| 26 | She imagined him standing in some white-tiled institutional lavatory , suffering from nervous nausea . |
| 27 | He imagined her screwed into some impossible position in her last spasm , her face looking grey and ugly on the pillow . |
| 28 | Of course , you may retort , as did Mr Graham whenever I expounded such a line during those enjoyable discussions by the fire , that if I am correct in what I am saying , one could recognize a great butler as such only after one had seen him perform under some severe test . |
| 29 | How she would have loved to have seen him stumble like some lesser mortal . |
| 30 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |