Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 What is meant by ‘ the computational mechanisms involved in sensory perception in general ’ will be clarified in the next section , where I discuss some AI ideas bearing on the puzzles about the kingfisher 's perceptual competence that were listed above .
2 ‘ I 've never been scared to wear hats , although I know some people are .
3 Then the strategy ‘ cooperate with your neighbour if he cooperates ; otherwise defect ’ would be an ESS , although I have some difficulty in seeing how it would evolve in the first place .
4 ‘ I do get nervous and do really dumb things , although I think some men actually like that . ’
5 I like the way they splice on their headstocks ( almost invisibly underneath the headstock facing ) but not the way they make up the depth of the heel with a very different-coloured piece of mahogany — although I suppose some people might .
6 The plates still had some food on them but although I found some meat , it had a strange gloopy liquid on it so I gave it a miss .
7 In fact , there , that that , that 's that printing of s , that shape of s , followed by a t , was still used by some printers right up until the twentieth century , because it 's actually , you know that when when prints , print was put together by hand , by picking up each letter erm , and as assembling it separately , there was actually always a stop letter , a stop erm , I ca n't remember what it 's called , although I did some printing years ago , erm , lump a die thing with s t already printed together , because because s t is used so much in combination , the erm , printer did n't always have to set up s followed by a t , but had a rack of s t's already prepared and they were often , virtually joined together in this way , and erm , I got , I got an edition of I think it 's the novels of Jane Austen printed in the nineteen twenties which still use that shape of s t but used as the small s for any other forms .
8 OK , so I ordered some flowers in advance .
9 Then on the opposite page I saw ‘ insurance ’ and thought that looks interesting , so I made some enquiries .
10 When I got out of high school I wanted to be a caddie , so I got some bags at my local club .
11 Because of the weight of the finished panels , I had to assemble the sides and build the roof in situ , so I enlisted some help .
12 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 . ’
13 I expected it was the loss of her husband , so I bought some material and made bead bags , and bags I filled with chalks , and a small drawing board for her quite intelligent little girl .
14 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 . "
15 So if I made some guesses you might be able to answer . ’
16 Yeah if I knew some facts that I had a job to go to , I 'd pay for it myself
17 ‘ My Lady , ’ Cranston retorted , ‘ I would feel better — ’ he raised his voice to a bellow' — I would feel better if I got some custom , and the attention due to a King 's officer ! ’
18 Er without having a good relationship with the people in the flats , er if I mean some people if they say see something going off , they 'll turn their you know , turn their back and they do n't want to know .
19 I think it 's best if I get some sleep .
20 Do you mind if I eat some cheese and biscuits ? ’
21 Would the circle mind if I embroidered some rosebuds on their bodices after the other ladies had made them up ?
22 I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did .
23 I do n't , I 'm thinking if I had some scrapers always managed eventually get through like we did .
24 ‘ Would you like me more if I had some schooling , Seb ?
25 If I had some weight near to the crust I could mend the line without pulling it off course .
26 See a certain percentage have blown in I think off the grass and if I had some sort of a
27 If I had some time on my own with them I might squeeze something out , but I 'm inhibited in front of the neighbours .
28 But in any event it would be a good idea if I had some tests some lessons in the dark .
29 I paused for a moment , then added , ‘ Would you mind if I had some pudding ? ’
30 Well they could address their letters to myself Councillor David Poole or Councillor Stuart Argyle to the Council House erm the suggestion you know er their the thoughts the thoughts on this what er they could er erm help us in our campaign and also about the leaf stem as well if they want to write to me at the Council House suggesting and I mean proper places to where it should go because that 's really up to County Council but er at least if I had some suggestions we can pass them over to the County Council where where it could go .
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