Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This way of thinking allowed him to concede some shortcomings of moral insight in the Old Testament . |
| 2 | When his horse staled he kept some of the urine . |
| 3 | I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time . |
| 4 | My agent said he had some private work for me , and I was to contact the party myself . ’ |
| 5 | The superintendent said she wanted some men to investigate the stories that Nicola was looking into before her death — child porn and drugs . |
| 6 | my mum told me to wipe some of it , some of it off cos I could n't her shout , I , I , I caught her shouting at my sister , she got really angry with my sister |
| 7 | When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams . |
| 8 | The Natural History Museum wanted me to complete some ecology wallcharts of ponds and streams , sponsored by British petroleum , who have a long standing relationship with the Museum , aimed at encouraging and supporting a better understanding of current environmental issues . |
| 9 | Then her hairdresser persuaded her to do some modelling . |
| 10 | The real fear that this revolution might overthrow the Tsar forced him to make some political concessions to appease the masses . |
| 11 | A tall man dressed in the full scarlet traditional uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted police strode into the dining car and in a conversation-stopping voice said he had some serious information for us . |
| 12 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 13 | Terry said yesterday : ‘ The doctor told me to get some fresh air , so I thought I 'd take the dog for a walk . |
| 14 | The final withdrawal without major disaster enabled them to preserve some profit . |
| 15 | The Star , for example , had managed to locate their wedding photographer , who claimed that the day after the wedding ceremony the couple asked him to do some pictures with the woman ‘ posing in sexy French underwear ’ . |
| 16 | I went off to school camp for a few days when I was ten , and Mum suggested I took some sanitary towels with me in case my period started , but I dismissed this as silly and unnecessary . |
| 17 | His piety led him to produce some of his most powerful work for the immensely influential and prosperous missionary societies , his most celebrated print in this context being ‘ The Massacre of the Lamented Missionary , the Rev. J. Williams and Mr. Harris at Erromanga ’ ( 1841 ) . |
| 18 | To say that the crowd is ‘ learning fast ’ implies that before Flying arrived they had some catching up to do — which is not true . |