Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] some of " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Tripoli the advance into Tunisia involved him in some of the bitterest fighting of the war : in the Matmata Hills on the outflanking of the Mareth Line ; at Wadi Akarit , where he had a narrow escape when he received ( as he modestly put it , doubtless so as not to worry me unduly ) ‘ a wallop from a piece of spent shell ’ , but was not badly injured ; and at the drive north to Enfidaville . |
| 2 | She recognised them as some of the soldiers immediately . |
| 3 | Little Liz told me about some of them . |
| 4 | On another occasion , a lovely lady called Elsa who came to tidy my room , and who was from a South American country , took me into her confidence and told me about some of the problems she was facing . |
| 5 | Some historians have argued that , once the Indians had become part of the Christian community , their cause was championed by the church who protected them from some of the worst excesses of colonial power ( Poblete 1970 ) . |
| 6 | What is not disputed , however , is that their current degree of refinement and decorative panache is primarily the result of the skill and artistry of the 16th and 17th-century Persian weavers and designers , who took a number of hitherto rather simple motifs and compositions and turned them into some of the most beautiful , elaborate and awe-inspiring examples of textile art the world has ever known . |
| 7 | He certainly talked about such things , defended them against some of their critics ; but his business , what engrossed him and what he knew well , was the school . |
| 8 | ‘ I showed it to some of my friends and they have had a good laugh about it . |
| 9 | Harold Evans clearly had seen the List and regaled me with some of its more unlikely names . |
| 10 | Then I took some smaller bombs and planted them inside some of the rabbit holes , stamping down the roofs of the tunnel entrances so that they caved in and left only the straw fuses sticking out . |
| 11 | They sent me on some of the better stories . |
| 12 | David Quarmby helped her in choosing these topics and assisted her with some of her coursework . |
| 13 | The frame around them is extremely heavy , but I chose it because it reminded me of some of the heavier framed Victorian pictures that have a botanical feel . |
| 14 | The Royal Oak introduced you to some of the complexities of co-ordinating financial and statistical data with details of the premises and the personal particulars of the key staff . |
| 15 | Last month 's PFK introduced you to some of my ideas for using herbs in the treatment of ill-health in fish . |
| 16 | Was n't it about time she put him through some of the agony he 'd caused her ? |
| 17 | Bob introduced him to some of the usual crowd , and Morris asked Bill Waddy , who was buying , for a Pernod . |
| 18 | It was the first time in my life I had acted like a complete sod to other people , and I felt that my behaviour was worse because I had loads of advantages the lesser recruits did n't : I could speak French ; I was basically healthier and therefore found fitness much easier ; I was a north European Caucasian which endeared me to some of the more racist instructors . |