Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Surely it is n't asking too much of you to put some clothes on , Your Highness . ’ |
| 2 | In part , this was a consequence of her appointing some ministers who were sceptical of her economic strategy . |
| 3 | I have just heard that an aunt of mine died some years ago . |
| 4 | An acquaintance of mine arrived some weeks later to be told that he could have them if he had turned up sooner . |
| 5 | I 've not enjoyed a dip in the briny since a little moonlighting I did , some time in the 1500s , when I helped a Greek pal of mine sing some mariners to their doom . |
| 6 | In Easton , the dislike of it made some policemen reluctant to attend certain sorts of incident where a great deal of paperwork could be expected ( such as road traffic accidents ) , although means of formal control usually ensured they responded in the end . |
| 7 | I do not speak of the substance of the matter because so many of us have some doubts about the substance of it and we shall come to that later , but erm it does seem to me that er we had to get rid of erm sections two , two A and three of the Police Act nineteen sixty four as amended and that clearly doing so here and erm er er I I think that this is an improvement as a result on the laws that er present appears on the Statute Book . |
| 8 | Will you come , come with me to get some cigarettes ? |
| 9 | but the trigonometry ones you have to know what they turn into I got some things , a couple of them I was getting stuck on what I supposed to put and then I actually go too far on some 'em , I , I |
| 10 | Moses and Monarchism is not one of those books of Freud as I expect you to read for this course , I mean I expect you to read things like Civilization 's Discontents and so on because they 're , they 're kind of central and they 're not very large books , they 're clearly er focused on our subject but erm it would be I think a little bit unreasonable for me to expect you to read this one , although , er I 'd quite like you to I mean some ways erm it 's a fascinating book , erm my guess is if it , if you do n't hate it , you 'd probably quite like it . |
| 11 | But it is up to you to make some decisions , however small , and to put them into action . |
| 12 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |