Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] some of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , Nigel , who loved trout , used to drain the millpond from time to time to rid it of some of the accumulated silt and then just pick them up . |
| 2 | Erm , on the grounds that the substance he was dealing with was complicated , and I think , erm , colleague is right to reprove me for some of the language . |
| 3 | As a child , even though my parents were divorced and my mother did n't have much money , I would scream and shout whenever she tried to put me in some of my sister 's hand-me-downs . |
| 4 | Ah we us , we used to do it at some of the erm |
| 5 | The delicious and time-consuming dishes and sauces they used to make may no longer be possible for them , for many reasons , so there should be no hesitation in trying to interest them in some of the tinned and packet products which may be just as good for them if fresh milk has to be added . |
| 6 | Now , Fiona , I shall need you to brief me on some of the meetings , especially the visit to RTI . |
| 7 | This chapter has been concerned to sketch in the general background to the reign of Mary Queen of Scots , and to clear it of some of the misconceptions about Scottish kingship which have tended to confuse the issues . |
| 8 | Okay so do you want to run us through some of the things that we have n't really discussed in detail of what we 're gon na talk about in here today , specifically have we , I mean I thought something along the lines of er the nature and extent of sexual variations in English , or any other language you want . |
| 9 | We set ourselves to introduce a critical awareness of current misconceptions about language , to inform students of some differences between speech and writing , to make them aware that social and aesthetic evaluations of language are that , and nothing more ( however confidently pronounced ) and to sensitise them to some of the difficulties of pupils in English schools for whom English is not the mother tongue , or for whom their own English was a baffling unfamiliar variety . |
| 10 | What I would like to do is to take you through some of the issues we tried to work through . |
| 11 | It would be impertinent to say that to N C V er , to I B M , but it might be appropriate to say it to some of the less enlightened firms , or , should John be taking a similar line , in other words , how interventionist would you like either government or N C V O speaking on behalf of the vol voluntary sector to be , in pressing the business sector to have an overall and agreed strategy rather than the individual and enlightened strategy you put forward . |
| 12 | Bede 's commentary on aspects of seventh-century English life reflects the nature and extent of the traffic of gifts , particularly between royalty and senior members of the Christian Church ; the items and the materials serve to remind us of some of the primitive valuables seen in the pagan graves . |
| 13 | the second one was that er if you found er my service helpful , to be of benefit to you , you 'd feel free to recommend me to some of your friends and colleagues . |
| 14 | So he began to involve them in some of the decisionmaking about how their environment might be improved , their needs met . |
| 15 | I need to write another book to tell you about some of the astonishing ways in which skills can be redirected . |
| 16 | The next case attempts to introduce you to some of these complexities . |
| 17 | Erm there 'll be seven lectures on this subject and that 's a fair number of course but it 's not enough to cover the full range of things that I 'd want normally to talk to you about and so what I 'm going to do is to aim to introduce you to some of the central concepts of foreign policy , of ways of analysing it , of the models that are used , the ideas erm er surrounding foreign policy and also to illustrate these with examples . |