Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 2 | Surely you no longer suspect me of using you in some devious plan to make Lotta jealous ? ’ |
| 3 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 4 | This was the last day of these services , and there is talk of reviving them at some time in the future but using modern Sprinter units . |
| 5 | ‘ I would have written sooner , but I was afraid of getting you into some trouble . |
| 6 | I began to think erotically of Alison again ; of the dirty week-end pleasures of having her in some Athens hotel bedroom ; of birds in the hand being worth more than birds in the bush ; and with better motives , of her loneliness , her perpetual mixed-up loneliness . |
| 7 | A window box is more than capable of supplying you with some of the flowers you may want to press , and you can buy other flowers from a florist to supplement what you grow yourself . |
| 8 | Although the technology was not microprocessor-based , and the events are now thirty years past , the study 's theoretical approach and empirical findings are of such interest and relevance that it is worth describing them in some detail . |
| 9 | Disfavouring abortion in all cases is inconsistent with favouring it in some , since there are circumstances in which these attitudes will prompt attempts to permit and to prevent the very same act . |
| 10 | Even if someone believes the most secure and pernicious lies , he will not be able to help himself from doubting them at some time . |
| 11 | That this ‘ fourth channel ’ was the last available national channel transformed it into a very valuable national resource and , consequently , there has always been some concern lest one make a terrible ‘ mistake ’ in allocating it to some unworthy body or organization . |
| 12 | There was clearly a close friendship between them , and the Office gives a moving account of his efficacy in curing her of some kind of fit : He came and found her mute , but when he had seated himself at her window and they had eaten together , it chanced that at the end of the dinner the recluse wished to sleep , and oppressed by slumber her head drooped towards the window where God 's saint , Richard , was reclining , and as she was leaning a litle on that same Richard , suddenly , with a vehement onslaught , such a grave vexation took her in her sleep that she seemed to wish to break the window of her house , and in that strong vexation she awoke , her speech was restored , and with great devotion she broke out into the words " Gloria tibi Domine " , and the blessed Richard completed the verse which she had begun . |
| 13 | Far from awaiting us in some dazzling future , as some might hope , the golden age of individual psychoanalytic therapy is probably already behind us . |
| 14 | It is interesting to note how often foods only become fattening when man has had a hand in processing them in some way . |
| 15 | I thank the hon. Member for Londonderry , East ( Mr. Ross ) for taking us in some detail through the problems that he and many experts see in dealing with toxic and hazardous waste . |
| 16 | You flatter me by insisting on seeing me as some sort of Casanova figure . |
| 17 | This book would not be complete without providing you with some information on the subject . |
| 18 | Looked at in this way theory then becomes the ordering of facts and findings in a meaningful way and this ordering and building up is of the very essence of scientific enquiry , since without ordering facts and without putting them into some systematic framework there can be no generalizations and no predictions . |
| 19 | Have you ever created a conflict situation yourself with someone you consider responsible for hurting you in some way , perhaps even years before ? |
| 20 | ‘ And now , how about introducing me to some of your friends seeing that they 're enjoying the freedom of my house ? ’ |
| 21 | Following toasts to the University , to Convocation and to our Guests , Mr Orme rounded off the evening by regaling us with some reminiscences of his early days in Parliament , where he has served for Salford West from 1964–1983 and Salford East since 1983 during which time he has held several posts in Government and on the Opposition front bench , and going on to more recent experiences whilst visiting Eastern Europe as the moves towards democracy gathered strength . |
| 22 | Some of those subsidies went into persuading Daimler-Benz to take over most of Germany 's aerospace industry ( see page 87 ) , by guaranteeing it against some future losses risked in making Airbuses . |
| 23 | A model of the language is created by training it on some text that is already available . |
| 24 | Only by defining it in some such manner as suggested will you be able to recognise that it is , or is not , correct . |
| 25 | We set it by comparing it with some reference time . |
| 26 | Curiously , if the cider was sour , the practice was to sweeten it by shaking it with some lead shot before storing it in barrels held together by lead bands . |