Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , nearly 60 per cent of them admitted committing some sort of crime or incivility in the nine months prior to being questioned . |
| 2 | Ever since the age of 13 I 've been hoping my spots would go away — but constant picking at them has left some scars . ’ |
| 3 | That 's what I mean get some exercise in your legs . |
| 4 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 5 | I intend to play some waltzes and you shall all dance . ’ |
| 6 | And I got to get some toilet roll . |
| 7 | I got to have some beef in that role . |
| 8 | Longing was the key : ‘ I long to hold some lady , ’ a longing that was inexhaustible , tumultuous and yet ardently romantic . |
| 9 | " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper . |
| 10 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 11 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 13 | I tried using some spray furniture polish , rubbed well in , on the areas that were jamming . |
| 14 | I tried to put some money on the ‘ Stiffs ’ finishing bottom with the bookies . |
| 15 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 16 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 17 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 18 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course , as men always will , I tried to extract some hope from her . |
| 20 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 21 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 22 | Now I want to include some background music . |
| 23 | Conscious that the fat woman had seated herself on a stack of biscuit tins and was listening avidly , Joe said ‘ Er , I want to take some groceries to an old lady . |
| 24 | In this chapter , I want to examine some sites which hold a particular attraction for me and , remembering Allen Watkins ' account of how his father had classified sites according to the four elements , I have chosen representatives of three of these — earth , water and air . |
| 25 | To explore what I mean further , I want to examine some data collected as part of a larger project looking at children and television . |
| 26 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
| 27 | I want to do some scuba , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 28 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 29 | She went in , and , though he was not thinking of Ireland , said , " I want to ask some questions . |
| 30 | Listen , I want to grab some supper . |