Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Against the woman 's express wishes , he lit a piece of paper and went into her bedroom anyway , and reported a ‘ bedstead of wood with heath [ heather ] upon it by way of a bed ; at the foot of which I saw some sort of blankets of covering rolled in a heap ’ . |
2 | To make the top rectangular picture , I used a card mount in palest pink , behind which I stretched some cream silk . |
3 | For the central , gold oval design , I used a dusty pink satin backing , on to which I arranged some cow parsley leaves , gypsophila , small ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ red roses , some ‘ Princess ’ pink potentillas and astrantia . |
4 | The top right-hand corner was decorated with small rose leaves interspersed with some ladies ' bedstraw , on which I arranged some geums and cow parsley centres . |
5 | In 1940 I had prepared an essay on Ivy 's novels , which I had some prospect of placing in Horizon . |
6 | One piece of research which I contemplated some years ago , but did not actually carry out , was a comparison between people who do go to the theatre and those who do not . |
7 | At which I uttered some condolences . |
8 | The approach which I take to the subject is one concerned almost exclusively with the Anglo-American tradition , though Hegel is allowed into the last chapter , at the end of which I give some references to sample writings in the continental tradition , especially critical theory . |
9 | The card background I used for this photo frame was an extremely pale peachy pink , on which I placed some rose leaves , heuchera flowers and green spiky leaves , with ‘ Marjorie Fair ’ and ‘ Yesterday ’ roses forming the central focus . |
10 | It also covers the competitiveness of British industry and commerce , a point to which I referred some moments ago . |
11 | I suspect that this was largely due to the initiatives taken by the ARPS , such as in the organising of seminars , the involvement of European affairs , the lobbying in Parliament etc. which I think some AIR members felt they should be leading . |
12 | And I know it 's important to be equal in careers and to have equal opportunities and I 'm not arguing against that , but I also think that perhaps , in doing so some women also lose the pride in being a woman , and e equality is n't being a man , which I think some feminists take that view , that they 're not equal to a man unless they 're earning money . |
13 | It 's the cause of the divisive broad band streaming which I think some comprehensives have been persuaded to use , and I 'm forced to say how can a child really value himself or herself if they are placed in the bottom band of such a school throughout the time when they are at that comprehensive ? |
14 | This done , she whipped up a piece of tape , which she tied some inches from the bottom ; then , while still holding on to the hair with one hand , her other hand shot out and pulled open a drawer from which she grabbed a pair of large scissors . |
15 | Medical audit should relate to aspects of clinical activity over which one has some control so that change can be initiated if a problem is identified . |
16 | The process of reform upon which we embarked some time ago runs against some ingrained attitudes in public sector management , but they are beginning to change . |
17 | Is n't that going to the very heart of prayer — a two-way conversation in which we talk and in which we do some listening as well ? |
18 | Well , you see , it 's easier for me to sit here , and to pontificate , and therefore your questions were well put , erm , we can demonstrate , I think a much more effective approach to the environment in in our field , because er , we 're dealing with chemicals which we have some control over , and which exists to some small degree in air , air machines . |
19 | Let's consider first of all the quantitative ground , erm and let's talk about one of the major transitions , one of the major origins about which we have some information , and that is the origin of the mammals from the reptiles. erm we have quite a lot of fossils erm erm from the permian up to the triassic erm of mammals and their reptilian ancestors , and we know pretty well what went on . |
20 | The companies of players did not perceive their plays as fixed texts , literary works which they felt some obligation to present accurately . |
21 | The actions of political forces and corporate bodies , within the resistant medium of social collectivities over which they have some influence but which they can not shape ex nihilo , may either conserve or transform in various ways the system of economic class relations . |
22 | They found that there were no significant differences between the signs in the frequency with which they elicited some speed change from the driver ( in the Johansson and Rumar study there were very considerable differences in memory performance depending on the sign used ) , although the degree of this change was related to the information on the sign . |
23 | At the same time they had established bases in India in which they exercised some degree of local political authority , though only in the way that trading companies normally did when away from home , and with no idea of challenging the authority of the Great Moghul , the ruler of India . |
24 | In his account of the final stage , it is as if the unheard melody of which he had some intimation suddenly becomes audible and transposes all his experience into its terms : In my prayer I was reaching out to heaven with heartfelt longing when I became aware , in a way I can not explain , of a symphony of song , and in myself I sensed a corresponding harmony at once wholly delectable and heavenly , which persisted in my mind . |
25 | He did not actually handle or take possession of any documents , and is unable to substantiate the detail or authenticity of papers of which he had some sight . ’ |
26 | He did not actually handle or take possession of any documents , and is unable to substantiate the detail or authenticity of papers of which he had some sight . ’ |
27 | Coucy soon rose high in favour at court : in 1363 Edward granted him lands in north Lancashire , Cumberland and Westmorland to which he had some claim by inheritance ; two years later he married Isabella , and in 1366 the king created him Earl of Bedford with an endowment of 1,000 marks a year . |
28 | This letter is included in a Historical and Topographical Description of Chelsea ( 1829 ) by William Faulkner , owner of a small bookshop in Paradise Row , close by the Physic Garden , to which he devotes some pages . |
29 | This was Bogart 's seventeenth film ( The Petrified Forest had been his eleventh ) and one of the first in which he gave some indication of his range . |
30 | Alix wore a white dress bought ready-made from a department store , her younger sister was a sort of bridesmaid in a flowered print , and her little brother wore a grey suit with short trousers and a pale-blue tie , on which he spilt some strawberry ice-cream . |