Example sentences of "to [pers pn] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the UK alone , over £40 million per year is spent on tranquillizers , and it is estimated that at least 3 million people are addicted to them Some drugs affect appetite and also increase the need for vitamins and minerals . |
| 2 | Did you know one of my very oldest friends ( family knew mine before I was born ) is a W cousin but he was said to get no reply when he wrote to them some years ago . |
| 3 | The difficulty a low Christology poses for feminists was brought home to me some years ago in attending a eucharistic liturgy , which I believe had been written by Carter Heyward , whose work I shall shortly mention . |
| 4 | er actually who are all in front , mostly from Stanton which I represent , they have made their views known to me some years ago , er this might happen , erm I 'm very glad that you have responded now to their concerns as well as the concerns of the villages and , and this paper does mark significant erm success co-operation between a lot of people involved and for that reason I welcome it , I would ask if it becomes be prepared to make it six months instead of three months please . |
| 5 | I wrote to him some years ago for some gardening advice , and had a very nice and helpful letter back . |
| 6 | He will thus be better equipped to give an informed opinion than under the present procedure when the papers are returned to him some months later through the Lord Chief Justice . |