Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 2 | This is usually accomplished by calling the maker to identify his signature , handwriting or confirm in some other way that he created the document . |
| 3 | He stepped forward and retreated at the little garden gate as though rebuffed by some force field or buffeted by some invisible gale which had no effect on the branches of the little trees and evergreens in the front gardens of the cottages . |
| 4 | This compact volume offers great flexibility and whether used as the basis for a year 's study or recommended for some last minute cramming , the student will derive benefit from it . |
| 5 | The ones who leave to go to college or to live in some kind of hostel attached to a place of work , will eventually be embraced into an active social life by their peers . |
| 6 | It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work . |
| 7 | Another release , for husband and wife together , was going to watch Chelsea Football Club and socializing with some of the team . |
| 8 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 9 | But a view of the world that divided it so sharply between good and evil could only increase tension and lead to some clumsy decisions . |
| 10 | The other market incentives/deterrents that might be expected to align management and shareholder interests will be briefly noted at the end of this chapter and examined in some detail in Chapter 4 . |
| 11 | First of all there 's personal interest , secondly there 's class interest thirdly there 's rather amusingly some mean feeling in his own mind , so he has the idea that people might just be rather grumpy or something when they 're going to cast their , their vote and go to some rather destructive policy . |
| 12 | Identify in their reading , and talk and write about some of the changes in the grammar of English over time , eg in pronouns ( from thou and thee to you ) , in verb forms , in negatives , etc . |
| 13 | The other girls agreed , so Anne got into the boat and hid under some coats . |
| 14 | There were doors on either side and pinned to some of these were pieces of paper on which the occupants of the rooms had written their names . |
| 15 | This Australian CD is a class introduction to Parsons and his time , from his homespun days with The Shilos , through to the genesis of country rock and closing on some hard-to-get live takes , plus a few epics from ‘ Grievous Angel ’ — his final , whacked-out testimony . |
| 16 | In which case are Upehull and Upsall related , the ‘ s ’ having been introduced by scribal error or misreading at some stage , or is the later form a name given to a family coming originally from Uppsala in Sweden ? |
| 17 | Many of those at the foot of the scale , whose substance was equalled by that of superior labourers , must have occupied very small holdings , and had to eke out a livelihood with occasional labouring or working at some by-employment ; they have aptly been termed ‘ cottage farmers ’ . |
| 18 | Such left-wing gaucherie has made them easy meat for a largely right-wing press anxious to show that extreme political dogma is a left-wing monopoly and determined to deny the left the social concern and humanity that lies behind some of the left-wing philosophy . |
| 19 | Finally she was given an enormous burgundy leatherbound folder that looked like some medieval city charter : it was the menu . |
| 20 | If this is the case , a universe that developed from some sort of random initial conditions should contain a number of regions that are smooth and uniform and are suitable for the evolution of intelligent life . |
| 21 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 22 | I pass a great variety of them on the way to school and I myself actually live , work and play in some of them . |
| 23 | Jane Pargeter poured herself another slug of gin and slopped in some tonic water , spilling some on the coffee table . |
| 24 | A body of men and women ( a ) identifiable by reference to some register or record ; ( b ) recognised as having a special skill and learning in some field of activity in which the public needs protection against incompetence , the standards of skill and learning being prescribed by the profession itself ; ( c ) holding themselves out as being willing to serve the public ; ( d ) volun-tarily submitting themselves to standards of ethical conduct beyond those required of the ordinary citizen by law and ; ( e ) undertaking to accept personal responsibility to those whom they serve for their actions and to their profession for maintaining public confidence . |
| 25 | Who said and on which occasion : ‘ In church on Sunday it was lovely , and the sun was coming through the stained glass window and falling on some flowers . |
| 26 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 27 | The music ended and the girl took a bow and disappeared behind some plastic curtains . |
| 28 | Leith asked quickly , imagining Rosemary to be across the corridor and incapacitated in some way since Rosemary , who always arrived home from work first , invariably popped over if she wanted a chat . |
| 29 | The 1931 B minor Sonata is also far superior to a later version from 1933 ( although the space between Cortot 's various recordings was often narrow , his performances , while retaining their essential outward characteristics , varied in detail , biased this way or that according to the heat and inspiration of the moment ) with a ravishing second subject in the opening Allegro maestoso and a central quaver flow in the Largo in which melody and counter-melody swell and recede like some magical sea . |
| 30 | The Baronne cried out hoarsely , and turned , the beam of light dipping and wavering like some live and frightened creature seeking sanctuary , as Rohan took the torch from her hand . |