Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb pp] some " in BNC.
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1 | There O'Sullivan senior , in an agony of grief , prostrated himself on his wife 's body and at once detected some sign of life . |
2 | Later , having bathed and , if not eaten , at least drunk some herb tea , he felt that he might , after all , survive . |
3 | all the consultation that also talks about in this paper is met with the two centres , the management committee of Highfields youth and commune centre and also the users of the Moat Centre and I think in light of everything that 's gone on I think it 's substantially a success to stand here and say that we have at least achieved some result and I I formally would welcome the Libs supporting this this afternoon and I 'm grateful for the turn that the Libs have made and in light of er what er Mr the involvement Mr has put in . |
4 | Anyway , her short stay on board had at least served some purpose . |
5 | ‘ I can see you 've at least done some unpacking . |
6 | But she was an expert and by watching her I at least gained some confidence , enough to feel I could try it myself one day . |
7 | He seems to have at least gained some contact with his thought-penetration circuits and this is confirmed by the smelly fumes of wood smoke and melting plastic that wriggle their way into the atmosphere of the carriage . |
8 | ‘ Or that you 'd at least had some control over what happened . ’ |
9 | Also , if you have a cat and you want to let it out , you could at least provided some sort of warning for the prey , so that the prey has a better chance of escaping ; such as a bell around the neck for example . |
10 | The sconces burning in the passage had at least provided some light , poor though it was . |
11 | Her outburst had at least got some of her anger off her chest , but she was still a prisoner , and when fresh falls of snow were forecast she felt near the end of her tether at the prospect of being trapped any longer at Rocamar . |
12 | what , what I wondered was if you can take some bleach down , I think there 's probably some down in the loo downstairs , and at least put some of that into , can you do that ? |
13 | If the people of Antigua had not seen the victory they wanted , they had at least enjoyed some good fighting cricket . |
14 | Two others at least implied some aspects of value for money : ‘ You feel you 'd never finish paying ’ and ‘ You get poor value for money ’ . |
15 | In addition , Conran 's company had by now developed some advanced management systems of its own . |