Example sentences of "of some [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notice they are not only given a reason for observing , which , of course , gives their spectator role a frame through which to watch , but there is also a hint of some responsibility they might have to carry — a necessary engagement is then ensured . |
| 2 | After a couple of sentences he went into the present tense , which was a habit he had in speaking of the past , as if it were the plot of some play he was about to do . |
| 3 | Caterina judged then , as she watched Rosa pin her hair , that the ease with which she , Caterina , won applause — when she danced and sang the cherry song , or strewed flowers before the host in the procession , making a little reverence to the monstrance on every third step backwards — was undeserved , the effect of some trick she did not want to perform but that came to her naturally from some evil in her , the same evil that had inspired her bad thoughts of Tommaso and prevented her doing as her sister , her beloved sister , wanted . |
| 4 | You 'll be affected by animosity regardless and without supporting troops of some kind you 'll be out-shot by bows and crossbows , crushed by war machines , and given the run around by skirmishers . |
| 5 | It 's as if he were giving a performance of some character he 's dreamed up , and his pale eyes wander in search of effect even in his apparently wildest moments . ‘ |
| 6 | No sociological research is likely to produce absolutely clear cut answers ; if it were to come out with all the results 100 per cent in support of some hypothesis it would rather suggest that the hypothesis was hardly worth bothering about in the first place . |
| 7 | David took Hayley 's hand in his , and Juliet felt a strange warmth steal through her , and a pang of some emotion she did n't recognise . |
| 8 | I remember her , head thrown back in the middle of some joke she was making , and that sudden glint of gold , like treasure in a cave . |
| 9 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 10 | ‘ Any questions you like provided that you know only your daughter can answer them ; the nickname of a childhood friend , for example , or the description of some pet she used to have , anything that she will know and her captors ca n't know . |
| 11 | Later , your active reference to page 253 will be a review of some fact you need to know , and an improvement of memory . |
| 12 | A good suggestion might be , in the past this child has suffered a loss of some figure it was dependent on , and has compensated by becoming highly independent . |
| 13 | However , although the averages given in the last column of Table 4 are of some value they do not convey the reality of referral and investigative work . |
| 14 | Mistakenly , he had agreed to let Brompton-Smiley travel with him in the Rolls and discuss the matter of some urgency he had been whining about for the last two days . |
| 15 | After a period of some confusion it seems that Carvin gear is going to get proper distribution in the UK . |
| 16 | This 'd probably be used for a construction of some sort I would imagine . |