Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have been through the various categories listed above and picked out all the names to be included next step is to arrange them in some sort of order . |
| 2 | An attempt is being made to provide them with some form of base organisation without which they can not develop full effectiveness . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 4 | Finally , they consulted an educational psychologist who advised the parents that , in view of their constant travelling Emma 's needs would best be served by a boarding school to provide her with some stability . |
| 5 | While Helen 's day was filled by the demands of her young charges and the vain attempts of Mrs Webb to train her in some orderliness in domestic affairs , Edward continued to tend her father 's grave . |
| 6 | She wanted to kiss him , to soften him , to diminish him in some way so that she felt safer , more human . |
| 7 | Mary-Rose Caden , a smoker and teachers ' representative on Lothian education committee , forecast it may be impracticable : ‘ If it 's a complete ban , then they 'll have to police it in some way . |
| 8 | ‘ The truth in question is hidden , lying concealed beneath appearances ; we must then inquire , since its nature is not open to us , whether it is still possible to know it through some sign and whether we have a criterion by which we may recognize the sign and judge what the thing truly is . ’ |
| 9 | To really get to know a country , you need to get to know it in some detail , and to allow you the chance to know the fascinating world of Chianti , Citalia this summer offers its Flavour of Chianti programme . |
| 10 | On the other hand , shaky close-ups , even of magnificent beasts , are not very good to watch and you really need to provide yourself with some kind of additional support to help you hold the camcorder steady . |
| 11 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 12 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 13 | Then she took out a comb , and began to set it into some kind of order . |
| 14 | He was going to sell it to some Jew . |
| 15 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 16 | And fifteen minutes later , with all the completed questionnaires returned , there was good reason to suppose that Morse could be right , since three of those concerned , Eddie Stratton , Howard Brown , and John Ashenden , appeared temporarily unable to provide corroboration of their individual whereabouts and activities during the key period of the previous afternoon — the afternoon when the original groups , three of them , had been re-formed slightly ( following Kemp 's telephone call ) , and when anyone wishing to absent himself for some purpose would have been presented with a wonderful opportunity so to do . |
| 17 | A common answer would be to fit it into some form of the practical syllogism : |
| 18 | Something of that strange that strangeness and that irony lies behind the famous claim ‘ I will try to express myself in some mode of life for art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can , using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use — silence , exile and cunning . |
| 19 | They 're sure to embarrass themselves in some way , |
| 20 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 21 | I 'm going to leave you with some rhythm combinations of the 8th note triplet and 16th note triplet subdivisions . |
| 22 | Now they have aerial wires attached to the masts and they made me think they must intend to use her for some sort of electronic surveillance . |
| 23 | I had always intended to do it at some stage . ’ |
| 24 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 25 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 26 | The training , however high-level , is converted into higher education only when the student is able to form an independent evaluation of what he or she has learned or mastered , is able to put it into some kind of perspective , and is able to see not only its strengths but also its limitations . |
| 27 | To put it into some form of perspective it is perhaps worth reviewing the whole issue of how fonts get displayed on a computer screen and why the method chosen to display them has become so important . |
| 28 | This is called parallel computing , and everyone trying to build supercomputers of the future has agreed it will be necessary to use it in some form . |
| 29 | So it was minuted in a sort of staff student consultative group last year , so I have been requested to confine it in some measure to a single text . |
| 30 | Would it be feasible , I asked myself , to fill what for some time I had thought was a serious gap in British military history , namely a socio-military chronicle of the last hundred years of the army 's mounted arm ? |