Example sentences of "[verb] it [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I had expected it at some point .
2 ‘ But we did n't buy it from some grave-robber , you know .
3 ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said .
4 The second argument about the origins of the incest taboo is the one that relates to the major theme of this chapter and I shall consider it at some length .
5 Place it in some water in a saucer and it will soon grow new feathery leaves .
6 Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way .
7 ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’
8 To really get to know a country , you need to get to know it in some detail , and to allow you the chance to know the fascinating world of Chianti , Citalia this summer offers its Flavour of Chianti programme .
9 Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order .
10 Instinctively she ran a hand through her dishevelled hair , smoothing it into some kind of order .
11 Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other .
12 They should bring along a crane and pick the whole thing up with me in it and call it Frozen Communications and put it in some art gallery .
13 Adele obviously uses it as some kind of defence .
14 ‘ I do n't remember what I actually said , but obviously Mandy misinterpreted it in some way .
15 She 'd suspected it for some time , but last week had seen it for herself .
16 He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid .
17 You can do it to some extent through the public sector , but one of the worrying things I find about the present situation with this growth of generations , the clamp down on building — less than a hundred thousand houses , I think , completed in the U K last year — my estimate is that we should be building about two hundred and fifty thousand .
18 I mean if he was going to attack me , he 'd surely do it at some time when he had a reason to be angry .
19 And what 's even more sure is that he will do it in some style .
20 Yeah but they 're , but they 're not they 're gon na do it in some time in June I think that 's the target .
21 A model of the language is created by training it on some text that is already available .
22 He was going to sell it to some Jew .
23 I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction .
24 When he handled her breasts they were tender ; she had noticed it for some time .
25 It had been impossible to think of the future since John 's abduction , but 17 April was only weeks away and I had been discussing with Chris and Nick how we might mark it in some way .
26 Therefore , it is appropriate to start at the market portfolio and consider it in some depth .
27 I 've had it for some time — like a little nest
28 A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism :
29 Did he see it as some kind of a challenge ?
30 Because it was the women themselves who were organizing it because they felt part of it they did n't see it as some sort of other people that were more politically motivated that than them giving them something to keep them out on strike , which by its very nature could could have been something that the people would have accepted for a while and then not accepted .
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