Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I returned to my men and told them to unload under some fig trees on the steep river bank . |
| 2 | As people grow older , however , they may be more likely to develop illnesses or conditions which make it more difficult for them to cope without some help or support . |
| 3 | It amused them to dine in some style , formally separating the working day from their evenings together . |
| 4 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 5 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 6 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 7 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Have I stumbled on some dark and desperate secret ? ’ |
| 9 | No cold water cos I want to some Ribena before I have a chocolate . |
| 10 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 11 | I thought I 'd post some information about the match last night , mainly for our overseas friends . |
| 12 | Perusing my library shelves recently , in a largely fruitless search for scholarly references with which to stiffen this article , I came across some evidence supporting that contention . |
| 13 | In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body . |
| 14 | erm my point is this , and I speak with some authority , I speak Arabic , I 'm an ex-colonial policeman in Palestine |
| 15 | ‘ This is one of the cutest outfits I 've ever worn — I look like some kind of exotic jockey ’ Pepsi , above |
| 16 | If I do n't have ruinously expensive scaffolding sewn into my swimwear , I look like some kind of tribal illustration in The National Geographic . |
| 17 | And all the time I watch for some sign of awareness in P and M. None appears . |
| 18 | I read with some concern that a housing development planned for the Valley is to disgorge its traffic on to the Road near the Hill Lane Lane crossroads . |
| 19 | I READ with some amusement R.K. Bradley 's letter ( HAS March 17 ) . |
| 20 | I predict with some confidence that Chew and Blagdon will be at top levels for the start of the 1991 angling year . |
| 21 | Until this point , of course , I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise . |
| 22 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 23 | After having carefully measured my horse 's girth and length from point of withers to top of tail , I discovered with some astonishment that my horse weighed 954 million pounds . |
| 24 | I walked like some sleepwalker as he showed me empty rooms and a steep , stone-vaulted cellar . |
| 25 | How could I dictate to some amanuensis all the love I feel for my darling Lily , the loveliest flower … . |
| 26 | I heard about some guy came up |
| 27 | I have been privileged to hold office for 11 years in a series of jobs of enormous interest and I believe of some importance , especially in relation to drugs , broadcasting , the NHS and foreign affairs . |
| 28 | I have always been , however , and I believe with some justification , unconvinced of the virtues of taking a punt totally outside my own business . |
| 29 | I mean , I believe in some force , but we make our own destiny … |
| 30 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |