Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] some " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Everything about her life was strictly prescribed , and , because she lived in some meagrely furnished attic of the household , controllable . |
| 2 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 3 | ‘ You were — er — you were just joking earlier , on the dance-floor — were n't you ? ’ she murmured , not daring to raise her eyes as she toyed with some of the pink salmon mayonnaise on her plate . |
| 4 | It 's a story , Baptiste declared : she got from some stupid women 's magazine or other . |
| 5 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 6 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 7 | ‘ It would certainly seem so in this instance , would n't it ? ’ she asked with some of his own bitterness , and then she was quite unable to tear her eyes away from his . |
| 8 | ‘ Going to Slane is funny ? ’ she asked in some bewilderment . |
| 9 | ‘ You believe me ? ’ she asked in some astonishment . |
| 10 | She succeeded to some extent when a most magnificent full-blossomed magnolia tree caught her eye . |
| 11 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 12 | We met next time with me in uniform , and she evacuated with some of her patients to Polegate . |
| 13 | She referred to some applications in London with which she is especially preoccupied . |
| 14 | His mood seemed to have lightened now , she noted with some relief , and pondered , frowning , over his unexpected reaction to what must certainly be her normal other-life guise . |
| 15 | He used to bring me flowers , but as you can see ’ — she gestured to some carnations on the table — ‘ that 's always happening . |
| 16 | She strolled by some quite lovely nineteenth-century architecture — charming four-storeyed buildings of white , of yellow , of yellow and white , and red-roofed , green-roofed , immaculately lawned — and down to her hotel . |
| 17 | ‘ Too fantastic ! ’ she muttered after some thought . |
| 18 | She came to some definite conclusions about the importance of this post and the requirements of a Depute Head Teacher . |
| 19 | ‘ I mean … ’ she strove for some kind of coherence ‘ … |
| 20 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 21 | However thirty-six hours before she died she telephoned for some of us to visit ; she knew we had all been worried and concerned but she had it all under control . |
| 22 | She escaped with some bruises but was adamant that she would never take lessons from me again . |
| 23 | It 's not my place to talk about her , anyway , but she is wrapped up in her own life , and her husband 's politics — she met him when she belonged to some very radical student group at Oxford . |
| 24 | That she belonged to some time , when I was a little kid , that had somehow been barred from my memory . |
| 25 | She was wearing a red sundress , bare at the shoulders , white shoes , and a light golden tan , and when she stepped inside some of the sunlight seemed to come with her . |
| 26 | A babble of voices , predominantly American and German , provided a background hum , while a great number of tables , she observed with some surprise , were occupied by a contingent of Japanese businessmen wearing identical lapel-badges and obviously attending some conference . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , then your outraged mother leapt into the car which was loaded with our luggage because we intended to be off to Urbino that morning , and apparently she decided on some kind of hara-kiri or felo de se , a consummation of our marriage devoutly to be wished but never performed . |
| 28 | Not a dog , devilish or otherwise , she thought with some amusement but then remembered tales of witches and their black feline familiars . |
| 29 | Good , she thought with some relief . |
| 30 | He was doing it again , she thought with some amazement — putting her on the spot and forcing her to examine things she 'd always taken for granted . |