Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 2 | I should add that I had some entertainment on learning that not so long ago the local minister had run off with a young man . |
| 3 | I know that my hon. Friend will understand if I say that I had some difficulty in persuading everybody to come round a table when I was talking only to the parties in Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | He knew that I had some experience , but I think he was trying to make me relax and , perhaps , find out just how much I did or did n't know . |
| 5 | I say ‘ solitary c. ’ because they gave me a little ward of my own , but it was anything but uncomfortable , as they gave me a treatment which ‘ private ward ’ patients in Britain might envy , except that the food of course was Chinese , and they insisted on giving me 5 meals a day , so that I had some trouble getting my appetite back to normal . |
| 6 | The doctor arrived and after examining me pronounced that I had some sort of mystery virus , and there was nothing he could do for me . |
| 7 | To the late Dr Melville Clark , the Reader in Rhetoric , I owe the discovery that I had some talent for editing text . |
| 8 | ‘ But I was pleased that I showed some fighting spirit . ’ |
| 9 | I think her principal objection to me was that I exercised some influence over him , which was at odds with her own belief that all such influence should be exercised through her . |
| 10 | On a recent visit to the Midland Bank in Southampton to ask about opening a current account I was told that I needed some form of indentification . |
| 11 | Er this is just one that I wanted some stuff and I said to a few people |
| 12 | I ought to say straight away that I have some sympathy with some of the Scottish Conservatives . |
| 13 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 14 | You seriously believe that I have some influence over your mother 's activities , Caroline ? ’ |
| 15 | She 'd go shopping , now that she had some money , or go to see places that she 'd heard of . |
| 16 | She dared fantasise , for just a moment , that she had some kind of family again , perhaps with Leila as a surrogate mother , the three of them heading for the stars . |
| 17 | Would it now get about that Mrs Markham was a little peculiar or , worse still , that she had some assignation ? |
| 18 | ‘ The letters show beyond doubt that Daphne had an affair with Gertrude Lawrence ( the American actress ) , that she was passionately in love with the wife of her American publisher but that it was n't consummated , and that she had some sort of an affair with her French teacher when young . ’ |
| 19 | Roman 's cool , unexpected summons made her jump so violently that she spilled some champagne down the front of her dress . |
| 20 | She told us that she made some toast , but not that she ate it . |
| 21 | It seems clear that she found some difficulty in arriving at an assessment of her feelings in relation to me . |
| 22 | The most likely explanation is that she intended some disruption of the race and , having ducked under the rails , found herself the beneficiary of the sheer coincidence of the King 's horse — whose colours she would have recognized — being isolated from the other runners . |
| 23 | He would only assume that she attached some importance to his opinion and take it as a compliment . |
| 24 | She then announced that she wanted some cream cakes . |
| 25 | If you are pregnant and under the age of sixteen , it is compulsory that you receive some sort of education until you reach this age . |
| 26 | The front of the machine sports some graceful curves , but it 's only when you take a peek round the back that you get some inkling that this one is different . |
| 27 | Erm it turned out in the end that , that you got some information about the husband , particularly about a pension scheme , but you almost got the impression was well , you know , was it really right ? |
| 28 | But you said , a moment ago that you had some evidence on this . |
| 29 | That you had some reason to distrust him ? ’ |
| 30 | To prove that you had some sort of power over me ? ’ |