Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But unions are for representing people properly , responsibly , not for using as some vehicle for your own political obsessions . |
| 2 | After walking for some time , having covered about half the distance between the two stations , Willie became aware of a steady , yet rather unnerving sound just ahead as if someone was hammering the rails . |
| 3 | After walking for some time through the wood Valdemar put his finger to his lips and motioned us to be quiet . |
| 4 | After listening for some time , I began to grow uneasy , feeling increasingly suspicious that his faith , though enthusiastic , was almost entirely groundless . |
| 5 | After riding for some time in the dark , they finally caught up with the cart at a toll-gate . |
| 6 | Above all , research of the kind described above is informative and helpful in some ways as a tool for looking with some objectivity at children 's writing ; but it does not isolate areas of difficulty or suggest teaching strategies to promote more effective writing . |
| 7 | As the influence of the black-and-whites is so massive , it is worth looking in some detail at how they developed and came by their different names . |
| 8 | And I remember just sort of leaping onto some grass and just letting it go , you know , could of been . |
| 9 | Even in the throes of laughing at some remark passed by Grace Bird , Bunny watched Geoffrey . |
| 10 | One kind of answer refers to the increasing differentiation of social functions as human societies become larger and more complex , and to the need for a superior authority in society capable of regulating conflicts of interest among individuals and groups and of representing in some fashion the ‘ general interest ’ . |
| 11 | We may certainly talk of animals , in the absence of speech , ‘ consciously intending ’ or being compassionate , both of which carry implications of understanding to some degree . |
| 12 | Yesterday Dr Williamson said : ‘ I am aware of a difference of understanding between some committee members and the health authority . |
| 13 | Yesterday Dr Williamson said : ‘ I am aware of a difference of understanding between some committee members and the health authority . |
| 14 | Instead of acting as some source of " alternative expertise " , projects have been run by union committees and have involved releasing both workers representatives and specialists to produce specifications for new technology and associated systems . |
| 15 | It happened to me when I was sort of looking at some sort of electronic engineering that I was n't supposed to be doing I was just looking at it for interest like Well I 'd like to have the time to spend on that but I 'll leave that thank you very much . |
| 16 | ‘ We are in danger of turning into some seaside vaudeville , ’ was the view of the Prime Minister . |
| 17 | ‘ He may have considered the possibility of selling at some stage in the past , ’ she conceded reluctantly . |
| 18 | He quotes the report as stating : ’ … it is reasonable for mankind to behave on the assumption that all vertebrates are capable of suffering to some degree or another . ’ |
| 19 | Such a view helped trade union leaders to think in terms of coming to some type of arrangement with industrialists who were feeling the pinch of economic policy . |
| 20 | which you do , and then you 're er you know in their eyes you 're , you 're sort of trained to some sort of level for their sort of work . |
| 21 | Right , well I I part of me says , the the there are two aspects , the other side of the coin a little bit , if we talk about recording achievement and not recording failure , we here have an opportunity to point out to youngsters , encourage youngsters in that they are all capable of achieving in some way and to get them to write down that they have achieved , that 's the other side of the coin . |
| 22 | Touch legering means , quite simply , that you hold the line and feel for bites instead of relying on some kind of visual indication . |
| 23 | Theirs was not the insecurity of peasants , at the mercy of periodic — and to be honest , often more murderous — catastrophes such as drought and famine , but capable of predicting with some accuracy how a poor man or woman would spend most days of their lives from birth to the graveyard . |
| 24 | Here we consider the incidence of features which are fore-grounded ( 1.4 ) by virtue of departing in some way from general norms of communication by means of the language code ; for example , exploitation of regularities of formal patterning , or of deviations from the linguistic code . |
| 25 | Erm I I think that one of the erm , drawbacks in using animals for any kind of testing is that it sort of precludes in some way using alternatives . |
| 26 | It is worth describing in some detail the evolution of the Inservice Panel , since it is the evaluators ' judgement that a number of lessons might be learnt from its somewhat chequered career . |
| 27 | It is worth going to some trouble to ensure that those involved understand that they are not facing an inquisition or a witch hunt but directly influencing management in their area . |
| 28 | This was a remarkably-thorough and penetrative survey of the WEA 's work in a predominantly-rural area ; worth citing at some length because it encapsulates much of the spirit of the Eastern District at this time . |
| 29 | Others may make more conventional protests but the pain looks like continuing for some time . |
| 30 | An example may , in consequence , be worth considering at some length . |