Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [coord] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 It 's the very essence of human beings to call in question every form of life , every form of thought , and to raise the possibility of thinking and living in some other way , and perhaps just for this very reason , some final and definitive formulation of the , of human nature , of human knowledge , of human conduct , is in principle unobtainable , and that the best that the philosopher can ever hope to do , is to show that this formulation , that formulation or the other wo n't work .
2 Jane Pargeter poured herself another slug of gin and slopped in some tonic water , spilling some on the coffee table .
3 Thérèse jumped out of bed and hurled on some clothes .
4 Mr Connolly said he had written to Mr Clarke saying he very much hoped Labour 's commitment to the retention of water services under local government control extended to returning those services to councils ‘ in the unhappy event of any form of privatisation or transfer to some hybrid organisation ’ .
5 But Philip also took Richard out on to the hills and up to the top of Welsh mountains like master and disciple in some biblical parable .
6 Unlike the families of middleclass dropouts , skinhead families were generally supportive , helping with money and acting as some sort of barrier against school and the police .
7 Dividends may be sent by post , held for collection or paid in some other way ( r 11.6(4) ) .
8 The ones who leave to go to college or to live in some kind of hostel attached to a place of work , will eventually be embraced into an active social life by their peers .
9 So it is another road movie , with a Kerouac-style character , depicting a man who had ‘ auspicious beginnings ’ — a line he wrote himself — searching for fulfilment and running into some harsh realities of life .
10 This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges .
11 This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges .
12 Under this model residents can seek treatment anywhere and their home authority is obliged to reimburse the providing authority , either at cost or according to some laid-down scale of charges . [ … ]
13 Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training .
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