Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] with some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Possibly they had all gone off looking for help but I found the child and I cradled the child round my neck with some sort of rag and headed off back to Basra . |
| 2 | Only then you turned up on my doorstep with some rigmarole about Sadie , and I was disappointed , because I did n't want you to be like all the rest . |
| 3 | I bathed , dressed , and broke my fast with some left-overs from the fridge , a pint of water and a couple of brace of Paracetamol , all without encountering anybody else in the house . |
| 4 | Paula , wearing tight pedal pushers and a cotton off-the-shoulder jersey , was sprawled on her elbows on the tiled fire-surround , smoking and puffing the smoke up the chimney whilst Louise , stripped to her sexy black lace underwear , was lying on the bed pounding at her thighs with some kind of massager which appeared to consist of a collection of rubber pimples on a brush head . |
| 5 | Shared family constructs enable individuals to organize their lives with some degree of predictability and certainty about the likely behaviour of other family members . |
| 6 | ‘ I think I was dreaming , ’ she mumbled , and , all at once feeling no end foolish , she looked up , wanting to apologise or something , but mainly wanting to get back to her room with some kind of dignity . |
| 7 | ‘ Not this one , ’ Nell said , shaking her head with some kind of reassurance . |
| 8 | So you wish to mark their passing with some action of respect to their memory . |
| 9 | It must conceal its form with some sort of camouflage . |
| 10 | Equally , sterling held up well as dealers ruled out an early cut in interest rates , or at least until the Bundesbank eventually shows its hand with some cuts of its own . |
| 11 | If the dealer backed his case with some item from that morning 's news , he would appear thereby more on the ball . |
| 12 | David Lawrence is a little quicker than Tony , his present with some problems with his last over , edging away through the slips . |
| 13 | Again the ceremony frequently ended by his attendants ‘ wheeling the Mayor in his chariot with some impetus into the tide ’ . |
| 14 | He considered his wife with some intensity of observation . |
| 15 | Peter , now on his second pint of beer and his fourth cigarette , was picking his way with some difficulty through Les Fleurs du Mal . |
| 16 | It will almost certainly be useful to begin your report with some comments on the background to the tabulated information . |