Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is meant by ‘ the computational mechanisms involved in sensory perception in general ’ will be clarified in the next section , where I discuss some AI ideas bearing on the puzzles about the kingfisher 's perceptual competence that were listed above . |
| 2 | ‘ It was n't because I saw some guy and said , ‘ Hey , he gets a lot of girls , ’ or I saw some guy and said , ‘ Man , I want to be that guy , ’ because there 's no-one on earth I want to be . |
| 3 | Or I have some vodka in the fridge . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've never been scared to wear hats , although I know some people are . |
| 5 | Then the strategy ‘ cooperate with your neighbour if he cooperates ; otherwise defect ’ would be an ESS , although I have some difficulty in seeing how it would evolve in the first place . |
| 6 | ‘ I do get nervous and do really dumb things , although I think some men actually like that . ’ |
| 7 | I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might . |
| 8 | The plates still had some food on them but although I found some meat , it had a strange gloopy liquid on it so I gave it a miss . |
| 9 | In fact , there , that that , that 's that printing of s , that shape of s , followed by a t , was still used by some printers right up until the twentieth century , because it 's actually , you know that when when prints , print was put together by hand , by picking up each letter erm , and as assembling it separately , there was actually always a stop letter , a stop erm , I ca n't remember what it 's called , although I did some printing years ago , erm , lump a die thing with s t already printed together , because because s t is used so much in combination , the erm , printer did n't always have to set up s followed by a t , but had a rack of s t's already prepared and they were often , virtually joined together in this way , and erm , I got , I got an edition of I think it 's the novels of Jane Austen printed in the nineteen twenties which still use that shape of s t but used as the small s for any other forms . |
| 10 | Oh no , I know that , I know that I mean some people find some things easy , some people find some things hard , do n't they ? |
| 11 | Yes whether he was naked at the time of the arrest or or just er , what , what I 'm getting at is er that I put some trousers on Mr . |
| 12 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 13 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 14 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know . |
| 16 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 17 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 18 | To the late Dr Melville Clark , the Reader in Rhetoric , I owe the discovery that I had some talent for editing text . |
| 19 | ‘ But I was pleased that I showed some fighting spirit . ’ |
| 20 | I think her principal objection to me was that I exercised some influence over him , which was at odds with her own belief that all such influence should be exercised through her . |
| 21 | Though packed with information , the facts are presented critically such that I found some sections fascinating — eg the section on factors influencing the performance of liquid-liquid extraction coils . |
| 22 | On a recent visit to the Midland Bank in Southampton to ask about opening a current account I was told that I needed some form of indentification . |
| 23 | Er this is just one that I wanted some stuff and I said to a few people |
| 24 | I ought to say straight away that I have some sympathy with some of the Scottish Conservatives . |
| 25 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 26 | You seriously believe that I have some influence over your mother 's activities , Caroline ? ’ |
| 27 | I do n't deny that I have some problems of my own , ’ she went on , although from the tone of her voice it was clear she had no idea what those problems might be . |
| 28 | But I am bound to say that I have some doubts . |
| 29 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 30 | I refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave some moments ago . |