Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 2 | The other girls agreed , so Anne got into the boat and hid under some coats . |
| 3 | Fabia got into the vehicle and wondered for some moments about his employer . |
| 4 | Jane Pargeter poured herself another slug of gin and slopped in some tonic water , spilling some on the coffee table . |
| 5 | The music ended and the girl took a bow and disappeared behind some plastic curtains . |
| 6 | Media people , people from the advertising company Andy has just left , a few politicians — mostly Tory or Social Democrats though there are a couple of Labour guys — bankers , lawyers , business advisers , investment experts , actors , TV people — at least one film crew , though their lights are switched off for now — various other city types , a scattering of people who are , well , just professionally famous , and the remainder seemingly either part of some enormous floating meta-party or hired from some agency to impersonate people having a whale of a time : Rent-a-Hoot or something similar . |
| 7 | They had one son and two daughters , one of whom , Geraldine , trained as an actress and singer and appeared with some success before her death in 1984 . |
| 8 | ‘ He went to Sam 's boatyard and fell through some floorboards and was nearly drowned … |
| 9 | The person who wants to explore , keep on the move and typified by some form of touring holiday . |
| 10 | She turned from the counter and glanced through some boxes , then said , ‘ I 'm afraid we 've only got fifty of the large size , sir . |
| 11 | He lost his balance and fell against some railings . |
| 12 | She inhaled the aroma of his thick black coffee and looked with some doubt at her murky cup of tea . |
| 13 | And he removed his hat and discussed for some minutes the shortcomings of his wife Rita who had been in the land-army when they met . |