Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I slid down until I became entangled in some bracken . |
| 2 | I did n't fancy his biscuits , so I made do with some toast . |
| 3 | I failed to realise for some considerable time the importance of commitment from the top down . |
| 4 | Would you recommend that I got rid of some of it then by paying my poll tax or doing something with it or use the money to live off ? |
| 5 | Then I got arrested for some petty thing , shoplifting . |
| 6 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 7 | I went , until I sank exhausted on some steps opposite a church . |
| 8 | I seemed possessed of some extraordinary mad courage . |
| 9 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 10 | But as the course went on , I realised I 'd backed off some decisions , and shut myself of from what my superiors were saying . |
| 11 | In fact , with my spartan diet and my gentleman 's bag which could accommodate only the tiniest of souvenirs ( a freedom I thought , compared to others ' great domed rucksacks ) , I began to feel like some travelling ascetic , roaming through ‘ the vast cinema of sensation . ’ |
| 12 | I decided to apply for some help , so my daughter Lilya ( Aliki ) and I wrote a letter to Andropov and Brezhnev , and I explained in these letters that what had been stolen was a large number of works from the collection that I had intended to give to the Tretyakov Gallery . |
| 13 | ‘ She 's only been here a couple of times , when I needed to work on some papers very urgently . ’ |
| 14 | She said it was about time I started bringin' in some dosh , ‘ specially now the ole man 's on short time . |
| 15 | I 've also recently purchased an effects processor ( BOSS SE50 ) and as most of the patches for the guitar were boring , I started experimenting with some of my own . |
| 16 | And then I started to understand at some deep level that it is not only the dream-world one desires but the world one imagines . |
| 17 | It was about then [ three years ago ] that I started going with some of my mates like Kevin(10) and Eddie(6) … and Eddie and me we got into a lot of fights and that … and the fucking coppers — they always grab either him or me when there 's any bother or that . |
| 18 | Nietzsche wrote : " When I heard of the fires in Paris , I felt annihilated for some days and was overwhelmed by fears and doubts ; the whole academic ( wissenschaftlich ) , philosophical , artistic world seemed an absurdity , if a single day could wipe out the most glorious works of art , even whole periods of art ; I clung with earnest conviction to the metaphysical value of art , which can not exist for the sake of poor human beings , but has higher missions to fulfil . " |
| 19 | Because there are no expressions of regret afterwards , I assume I felt entitled to some sort of reward . |
| 20 | I managed to pass behind some tall screens on which those ridiculously huge contemporary paintings , works of the utmost nullity , were hung , and crept cautiously round a group of cranky statues . |
| 21 | I took him , though , and I went to live with some friends . |
| 22 | When I was working in Australia I went swimming with some missionary friends near Darwin . |
| 23 | I did dream about some kittens the other night , there was |
| 24 | On 16th February 1991 whilst my husband was serving in the Gulf on Operation Granby , I was invited to attend a function at the Corporals Mess ’ — in a particular regiment which , of course , I shall not mention — ’ which I did attend with some of my friends . |
| 25 | I did hear of some people who had trouble getting tickets and that there was a delay in receiving them — some apparently not arriving until the week or even the day before the start but that is the sort of thing which can be learnt from and things will improve on future all-ticket matches . |
| 26 | I did notice with some interest that particular survey . |
| 27 | Although she had never shown even the remotest sign of lameness I was looking at the worst case of hip dysplasia I had seen for some time . |
| 28 | In order to test my reaction , and before I had received my copy , Michael had typed it out and sent it to me , almost as if it might be one of his own efforts , and I had reacted with some reserve . |
| 29 | I had hoped for some characteristic entry in his unflaggingly ironic Dictionnaire des idées reçues ; but it jumps pointedly from cognac to coitus . |
| 30 | I had detected on some of the fields close to this one and had discovered the site of two Georgian cottages in one field , together with coinage of the period , crotal bells and foot patents , plus some other items too numerous to mention . |