Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before this single , the rather distanced American rock press failed to probe deeply into the phenomenon of The Smiths and had constantly referred to them as some kind of wacko gay outfit , English eccentrics playing lightweight rock . |
| 2 | The justification of the invaders , based partly on the doubtful assumption that proximity gave sovereign rights , but more specifically on the claim that the islands had belonged to them at some time in the past , bears comparison with the Zionist claim to Palestine . |
| 3 | This can be comforting to them to some extent , but what they really want to hear is that you will not only see that they are cared for properly for the rest of their days , but that you will help them to remain in control of their own finances and to be as independent as possible . |
| 4 | Within a few years , most Boards felt that the Consultative Councils helped to defuse individual complaints and to present a favourable image to the public , and were willing to defer to them on some matters of general policy of an essentially political or presentational nature , such as priorities in rural electrification or aspects of domestic charging . |
| 5 | It came as a great surprise to me for some reason or other . |
| 6 | not talking to me for some reason . |
| 7 | P T O I suppose it 's unlikely that I 'll ever see you again but we might see each other at William 's or something and if you ever need to speak to me for some reason you can call me at school |
| 8 | In I think it happened to me to some extent . |
| 9 | Before I start , if you have written to me at some time and recognise your own problems in what follows — please do n't take offence ! |
| 10 | I remember the pleasant surprise I had when Olivia Manning , sitting next to me on some poetry-reading platform ( the ICA ? ) turned to her husband after my reading and remarked to him — a BBC radio producer — ‘ Now there 's a poet who knows how to read poetry . |
| 11 | It was a point made to me with some vehemence by Mahmoud Labadi , who was then official spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Lebanon , a bespectacled figure every bit as urbane and cynical as his Israeli counterpart . |
| 12 | Later that afternoon he came to me with some of my translations from the index cards . |
| 13 | The landing strip had been described to me in some detail . |
| 14 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 15 | Now it seems to me in some respects the gulf is pretty wide and therefore can only do that if Noble Lords are good enough to try and sort of meet the divide . |
| 16 | 1991 , 27 1042 ) , prompted a childhood memory and sent me rummaging at the top of the house for 300 Things a bright boy can do , a book presented to me by some relative ca 1928 . |
| 17 | A rough-coated collie called Tip , he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip . |
| 18 | She sat down , and read to me from some of the most famous magazines in England . |
| 19 | saying she 's spoke to you about some development plan or something I she said shall I bring it round to you , I said no I 'll ask . |
| 20 | I mean I 'll bung them in to you at some point |
| 21 | Now at this juncture here you would n't actually say what products you 're gon na do , cos you 're not gon na go back and say well I 'm thinking of er two hundred thousand pounds of convertible term assurance and we 're looking personal pension plan , but you 'll tell the guy you 're gon na go back to the branch , we 've got a variety of different things sir and what I wan na do is to go back to the branch and work on one or two ideas for you and then present them to you at some time in the future . |
| 22 | You may not feel this will apply to you for some time . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you for some time , Jekyll , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ about your will . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm writing to you with some good news from Pampers — for your baby , and your baby 's world . |
| 25 | But f f f for many people Judy I mean th people will look to you with some degree of er of admiration and maybe some degree of of envy that you do have that strong faith that 's that 's helped you through those times . |
| 26 | It is invaluable to have a friend who can indicate to you by some private sign if you should raise or lower your voice . |
| 27 | Most of the above will be familiar to you in some form . |
| 28 | I will get the money to you in some other way . ’ |
| 29 | Those of us privileged to have spoken to him at some length and to have seen his fascinating family albums would have known of his boyhood tea with Hitler , his Military Medal midstream in some Eastern battlefield and a host of other incidents . |
| 30 | She only knew that he was very serious and that this was important to him for some reason . |