Example sentences of "and [prep] some [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was entitled ‘ The Condemned Cell ? ’ and I cut it out and for some while it was on my desk . |
| 2 | The sun trickled around the blinds in Kate 's bedroom , falling in narrow shafts over the poppies on the wallpaper and on the orange-painted dressing-table It was warm in the room when she awoke and for some seconds she was aware of pleasurable anticipation , before the revelations of the day before came flooding in on her . |
| 3 | Area manager Beth Robinson says : ‘ Our business in Finaghy has steadily increased year by year and for some time we have been looking for premises , in a prominent location , which would give us the space we now need . |
| 4 | It did n't require much capital to manufacture the equipment or produce the short films , and for some time it was possible for small craftsmen on the British model to keep up with the big boys in France or the US . |
| 5 | After independence 200,000 Europeans fled the city and for some time it appeared to be uninhabited , a city decimated by plague . |
| 6 | The letter , ‘ I ca n't forgo principles ’ , was reportedly published at the behest of Ligachev and for some time it was believed that Andreeva was the pseudonym of a conservative member of the leadership . |
| 7 | They waved once and I waved back , and for some time I could see their bright jackets in the dappled shade of the afternoon sun . |
| 8 | And for some people it is . |
| 9 | However , with some materials and for some purposes it could be worth considering . |
| 10 | Certainly Americans see it as being very different from their home-grown shows and for some reason they all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions , which I 'll take as a compliment . |
| 11 | He was carrying the same carrier-bag and for some reason they found it impossible not to stare at it . |
| 12 | ‘ And for some reason they thought you were a fellow deadbeat ? ’ |
| 13 | The Feldwebel saw this and for some reason it worried him . |
| 14 | And for some reason it was what she wanted . |
| 15 | After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment . |
| 16 | We played practice rounds with Greg and for some reason I got talking and joking with him a lot . |
| 17 | McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged . |
| 18 | But he was a big man and for some reason I had an unhealthy picture of him being more than able to do something unspeakable to Tonka toys . |
| 19 | On my way to the pay ‘ phone near the gents , I noticed the door to the back room was open , and for some reason I decided to have a look . |
| 20 | I know and for some reason I was incredibly pissed . |
| 21 | Let's say you 're doing acid plus alkali and for some reason you think , Oh well I think it gives carbon dioxide . |
| 22 | Normally Sally-Anne would have rejected such molly-coddling , but she did feel dreadfully cold , and said so to Dr Neil who said quietly , ‘ It is the usual consequence of shock , McAllister , and for some reason you were suddenly very shocked . |
| 23 | On the other hand , if you were Andrus and for some reason you decided to start a campaign of your own , and you were , like him , a Copt , the first thing you would do would be to go to a bank and make proper financial arrangements . |
| 24 | ‘ And for some reason you doubt my ability to give it ? ’ |
| 25 | Dane was gone — he 'd made that promise the night before , and for some reason she felt sure he was , despite all , a man of his word . |
| 26 | Her hands were splayed across his broad shoulders as if she would push him away , and for some reason she could n't seem to relax them . |
| 27 | And for some reason he found himself drawing a Spitfire . |
| 28 | He attended a different school , had his own friends , and for some reason he seldom played with my crowd . |
| 29 | ‘ Shadwell has a real theatre and for some reason he likes you . |
| 30 | Six years ago , her own bewildering awareness of him , the way it had made her feel threatened , must have been obvious to him when his simple presence , a glance in her direction , the sound of his voice , had been enough to unnerve her ; but these days she answered back — and for some reason he was hell-bent on punishing her for what he believed her to be , humiliating her with constant reminders of his contempt . |