Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Also we went down to the H.Q. at Pages Park where we saw some men putting up photographs of the line in the past . |
2 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
3 | The evening meal had been re-scheduled for 8.30 p.m. ; and with time to spare , after throwing his own large hold-all on to the counterpane of his single bed , Ashenden joined a few of the other tourists in the Residents ' Lounge , where he took some sheets of the hotel 's own note-paper , and began to write a letter . |
4 | Having a married sister in Cape Town , he sailed for South Africa in 1914 , where he painted some pictures , gave a series of lectures on modern art , and published a few articles and poems . |
5 | The leader of another informal nationalist grouping , the Forum for the Peoples of Abkhazia , was elected to the Congress of People 's Deputies and to the new-style Supreme Soviet , where he expressed some reservations about the idea of strengthening the fifteen union republics at the expense , almost certainly , of the smaller national-territorial units that were subordinate to them . |
6 | ‘ I do get nervous and do really dumb things , although I think some men actually like that . ’ |
7 | OK , so I ordered some flowers in advance . |
8 | Then on the opposite page I saw ‘ insurance ’ and thought that looks interesting , so I made some enquiries . |
9 | When I got out of high school I wanted to be a caddie , so I got some bags at my local club . |
10 | I knew I would n't be welcome at the funeral so I sent some flowers , and I got Father Ryan to say a mass for him instead . ’ |
11 | Right , so you have some reservations already about what you know is available . |
12 | Once you have some ideas of what would suit you , you will need help to take these ideas forward . |
13 | We have received no formal approaches of this sort although we believe some organisations may have expressed some informal interest to DTI . |
14 | and anyway this fellow said do you want some rabbit it 's a pound each , so we ordered some rabbits , ai n't got them yet like , but I do n't know if we 'll get them or not |
15 | And although they felt some roads would be too narrow , committee members on Thursday gave it their general support . |
16 | Despite the trials of many peasants in 1922 , the Nikol'skaia villagers tolerated the party cell although they disliked some individuals within it . |
17 | that sort of thing , so they make some things and sell them . |
18 | Although it retains some features in common with the ‘ orthodox account ’ it also departs from it significantly , especially in its emphasis on the importance of ‘ justice ’ within prisons . |
19 | Fortunately , that family was able to put in extra money — although it meant some sacrifices , such as doing without holidays and so on — but I contend that if those two girls had come from a less fortunate background , they simply would not have been able to continue their courses in current circumstances . |
20 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
21 | ON the eve of the most crucial test yet for Russia 's radical reforms , President Yeltsin made clear yesterday he would not cede any of his emergency powers to parliament , although he said some aspects of his economic programme would be softened . |
22 | Although he captured some knights and burned down the town , he was unable to take the castle . |
23 | Paul was an apprentice electrician at Watneys brewery in Mortlake so he brought some barrels of beer along and we set up a proper bar . |
24 | All the aermacchis are destroyed , so he takes some marines to make a reconnaissance across the island , his objective Goose Green . |
25 | Prince Rupert managed to fight his way towards London and having reached Brentford , he decided to try to capture London and whilst his troops were encamped on Kew Green , they learned from a maid from a riverside inn ( The Bull ) that Oliver Cromwell was holding a council of war there , so he despatched some horsemen to capture Cromwell , but the ‘ Round Heads ’ kept the horsemen at bay until Cromwell had escaped in a boat to the island in the river closeby , which island has been called ‘ Oliver Isle ’ ever since . |
26 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |
27 | So if I made some guesses you might be able to answer . ’ |
28 | Yeah if I knew some facts that I had a job to go to , I 'd pay for it myself |
29 | Would the circle mind if I embroidered some rosebuds on their bodices after the other ladies had made them up ? |
30 | I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did . |