Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And I got to get some toilet roll .
2 I got to have some beef in that role .
3 " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper .
4 I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’
5 I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’
6 I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus .
7 I tried to put some money on the ‘ Stiffs ’ finishing bottom with the bookies .
8 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 .
9 I tried to get some pizza things as well .
10 I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper .
11 ‘ 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 .
12 ‘ Of course , as men always will , I tried to extract some hope from her .
13 I tried to make some enquiries . ’
14 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 .
15 With his help I arranged to invest some money in a shipping company called Clarrikers .
16 So I decided to do some investigating of my own .
17 I decided to put some clothes back on and investigate . ’
18 This nearly led on to another story , but as Chairman of the meeting , I decided to get some order into things !
19 He had gone to great trouble to ascertain ways in which my knowledge of Italy and especially Libya might be put to use : As I was once again unemployed and earning no money , I needed to obtain some work .
20 I decided that I needed to get some support , to find someone who could , let us say , take charge of me and give me advice .
21 They 've got a spare room in my mum 's flat so I just took it over and put a weights bench in and , what else , a rowing machine and I started to do some weights
22 ‘ They got me going by guaranteeing my expenses until I started to win some prize money .
23 I meant to get some bits for us , I might have to go back
24 mm , sorry , I still have n't got any elastic , I meant to get some elastic for that bloody trousers , oh oh I 've got to order dad some trainers I think , I might have a bath
25 I meant to get some food on my way home , but I got held up at college , ’ she explained , examining various other articles in the fridge with distaste .
26 I struggled to make some sense of this new and appalling complication .
27 I offered to do some jobs until the others returned .
28 It was during my fourth visit to Rhodesia that I managed to take some time off .
29 I managed to scrounge some tobacco at Brigade H.Q and was soon handing it over to the Frenchman .
30 I enjoyed the congratulations and little bit of adulation , but I managed to keep some words of my father 's in my mind .
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