Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said .
2 ‘ I do n't remember what I actually said , but obviously Mandy misinterpreted it in some way .
3 He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid .
4 I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction .
5 To cross the river we returned to the road , followed it for some way parallel to the railway and then joined the line again near a farm .
6 He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way .
7 Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment .
8 He repeated it with some commentary in an issue of the Times Educational Supplement .
9 I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about .
10 The Treasury , as I say , undermined it to some extent , but all the time there was duplication going on .
11 From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation .
12 He took it as some sort of betrayal . ’
13 I said , yeah he sold it to some bloke out Ivybridge for er erm off , off road racing and stuff .
14 I did it with some stuff before
15 yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see .
16 Indeed , each man refused it with some indignation ; Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States .
17 but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason
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