Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The belt tying the skirt on drew the bodice edges in round the breasts ( if they were to be exposed ) and presumably lent them some support from the sides and from below . |
| 2 | Got involved and cooled it down a bit and er and found some of the people some premises , and I think got them some money from Duke of Edinburgh award scheme or something , to buy music music equipment . |
| 3 | He made himself some Ovaltine in the kitchen around ten-thirty p.m . |
| 4 | I must admit that this situation caused me some anxiety at an earlier stage , but no point was made about this in the Press either before or after the Election . |
| 5 | I had been training throughout the winter and Andy , as promised , sneaked me some races in the summer . |
| 6 | He pulled the knot on the belt , then re-tied it , tighter , as if the gesture afforded him some feeling of protection . |
| 7 | if management took an interest in the workforce and allowed them some control over their environment then the workforce would feel less alienated from the workplace ; |
| 8 | Chris Lawrence , in working with a class of London children , showed them some photographs of ‘ dancers ’ whom the children were later to meet and instruct on the movement of animals . |
| 9 | I once asked Alec Motyer , who was the wise and saintly principal of my theological college , how to hear the guidance of God , and he showed me some verses from Isaiah 50:4 , 5 which he called a deep place of guidance in the Bible : |
| 10 | He poured himself some water from a chilled carafe . |
| 11 | Polly poured herself some water from the carafe on the table . |
| 12 | In the second half of the evening Vic Smith showed us some scenes at Crich , the National Tramway museum , plus a couple of shots of trams abroad . |
| 13 | Russell showed us some slides from his collection and asked various questions e.g. ‘ Where is that ? ’ |
| 14 | Signe said , ‘ That man who just flew off in the aeroplane taught me some words of Latin . ’ |
| 15 | The next morning , without seeing any of the family , who were heaven knew where , she made herself some breakfast under the smiling gaze of Rose or Mary — she did n't know which — and before she could get into a worry as to whether Feargal had meant his offer to take her to Carlingford he walked in through the back door . |
| 16 | Feeling hungry , Ellie made herself some toast in the kitchen , collected some brochures from the hall table , and took herself out for the day . |
| 17 | Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances . |
| 18 | One may guess at the Spaniard 's dismay when Moctezuma passed him some lumps of greenstone enjoining him to hand them to none other than his prince . |
| 19 | She brought me some oranges from my orchard but I could n't eat them . |
| 20 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 21 | It took me some years after reading economics at Cambridge to form the view that there was no substitute in a free society for the market-place as the most efficient means for encouraging production and for ensuring its distribution . |
| 22 | Do you like me Christmas frock , the , our David sent me some money from America |
| 23 | Sir Emmanuel once sent us some grouse from his own table but it was not to our taste -it had been cooked in port wine and laced with some spices . |
| 24 | She sent us some notices of her recitals … ’ |
| 25 | When Glen Baxter came for a signing session , we sold 80 copies of his book — a modest number perhaps for a shop of this size , but sales of his ‘ spin-off ’ goods amounted to a further 40% of the shop 's turnover that day and brought us some 16% over our sales target for that week . |
| 26 | At least , then , the note that had been left for me ( 'See you around ? ' ) gave me some excuse for trespassing now . |
| 27 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 28 | Somehow if I could only know what he was doing and who he was seeing , that gave me some kind of control over the situation . |
| 29 | Derek really gave me some stick about my ‘ fan club , on the way home in the car ; he told my mum everything , and she had a good laugh , too . |
| 30 | No , I did n't , I got the bus part way , 'cos someone gave me some money for the bus . |