Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real pioneer of the Italian monodic style in Germany was one of his pupils , Johann Nauwach ( c. 1595–c. 1630 ) , who like him had spent some years in Italy . |
| 2 | At the same time , communicating with Yeltsin behind Yazov 's back , he agreed to send some tanks to the White House . |
| 3 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 4 | Charles the Bald though he tried to regulate some forms of relations between landlords and peasants was in no position to intervene in those relations extensively . |
| 5 | The police have already recorded one of their officers being attacked , when he tried to arrest some youths . |
| 6 | Craddock had a chronically infected nasal antrum , and Fleming and he tried instilling some mould filtrate into it , with no obvious benefit . |
| 7 | Bunker was jostled , heckled , spat upon and sworn at as he tried to keep some semblance of order to explain the action he had already taken . |
| 8 | But , leaving that aside for a moment , he tried to make some sense of Steen 's behaviour . |
| 9 | He stopped to drink some coffee . |
| 10 | To them he promised to pay some £276,000 , much of it by the recklessly optimistic date of February 1338 ; from them he gained promises of military aid whose fulfilment depended largely upon the payment . |
| 11 | He was sitting down then all of sudden he had this bottle of scotch and he told bring some whisky down . |
| 12 | He was standing with three friends and telling a tale in which he 'd conned some adversary into covering a dubious investment . |
| 13 | And he 'd taken some alcohol either just before , or with his meal . |
| 14 | The man had n't grouted the tiles in properly he 'd used some sort of rough old cement and the water was just going through and staying there ! |
| 15 | He told her he 'd drawn some money from the bank . |
| 16 | He could handle the fast rise now , although he 'd had some trouble along the way . |
| 17 | Ever since he had been at high school he 'd found some enjoyment and relief by getting back at them in ways they obviously did n't expect . |
| 18 | They 'd given him some papers , and somebody had gone to the cashier for his money ( it made a nice fat bulge in his hip pocket ; he patted it now and again as he walked , just to make sure it was still there ) and eventually he 'd signed some papers . |
| 19 | He wished he 'd got some sleep on the bed when the humans were studying him ; it had looked quite comfortable . |
| 20 | Yeah he 'd got some letters , apparently he were going to Post Office later for stamps and everything and er got this letter and seeings I 'd only got three he give me his , give me twenty four pence for a stamp so I walked to Post Office , I thought well I do n't want no penny or tuppeny stamps . |
| 21 | Then he 'd got some blankets out of the chests under the bunks at the end of the boat , turned off the torch he 'd found in another cupboard , stretched himself out and gone to sleep . |
| 22 | Last night I j well David come round in afternoon and he l he 'd got some tapes . |
| 23 | ‘ Not wanting to attract any more attention than necessary in an as yet unannounced vehicle , he accelerated to gain some distance . ’ |
| 24 | Then he seemed to get some sort of control over himself again . |
| 25 | But Uncle Philip bathed in the tub as often as once or twice a week ; he seemed to exercise some occult authority over the geyser , for it never erupted when he lit it . |
| 26 | He seemed to have some fellow-feeling with its weariness . |
| 27 | He determined to buy some toilet paper . |
| 28 | He began to execute some sample specimens of the poet 's handwriting . |
| 29 | He needed to do some shopping for cleaning materials and other basic necessities and decided to go . |
| 30 | So he decided he needed to invest some time in , in that . |