Example sentences of "some [noun] [prep] [Wh det] you " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | My , next day I come in and say oh I 'm going to add some money to what you 've got , and you think oh that 's good . |
| 2 | ‘ Because , as it turns out , you 've developed the intelligence I expected of you , and I suppose there 's some excuse for what you were at nineteen . |
| 3 | To shed some light on what you 're cooking the hood also incorporates a useful hob light . |
| 4 | You have some influence over what you use , and so the size of the bill . |
| 5 | In the Preface we suggested that , as a minimum level of activity , you go in with ( i ) some ideas about what you hope will happen , emphasizing pupil and teacher activities ( ii ) some questions that you want answered about the unit , and ( iii ) some paper to note what actually does happen in detail , and in general . |
| 6 | And it 's just like , and they want you to make some comment on what you 've worked out , which is no problem really , is it ? |
| 7 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 8 | The list below will give you some idea of what you can do . |
| 9 | Were they completely off the cuff or did you have some idea of what you were going to do ? |
| 10 | Erm it 's a very , it 's always a good idea to do a plan , cos yeah , spend five minutes or so planning and jot down a rough plan and it might be that we would , we wo , we would normally ignore , ignore the plan when marking but if , you have n't finished a question and er , it 's a bit thin we might look at your plan to get some idea of what you would actually written |
| 11 | Well you have to have some idea of what you want to do with it . |
| 12 | Could you give me some idea of what you 've found out , or what you feel on the subject . |
| 13 | Mind you , is n't there some restrictions on what you can do with fridges ? |
| 14 | Yet women , of my generation were the first to have the chance to refuse burdens that just could n't be borne , to understand that it was possible to refuse them without censure , to realise that if you still could n't have everything , you could at least make some choices about what you could have . |