Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew exactly how I would do this and explained in some detail , finding Alec Reid equally fascinated . |
| 2 | Operations to reverse sterilisation do exist but the chances of success are not high and depend to some extent on the type of sterilisation operation carried out originally . |
| 3 | Left empty and decaying for some years , the buildings were at last put up for sale . |
| 4 | Some of the larger local authorities , as we have seen , are now appointing specialist advisers to the chief executive 's office , or even to the leader of the council , who can give advice divorced from the service-providing departments , but such posts are few and regarded with some suspicion by mainstream local government officers . |
| 5 | Under Henry VIII they were used to suspend , modify , or extend the provisions of statutes : a proclamation of 1540 altered and dispensed with some clauses of a statute on aliens ; in 1546 a statute restricting the sale of wool was extended by proclamation to cover counties not mentioned in the original act . |
| 6 | Lambert touched down shakily , got lost and drove into some bog where his wheels stuck fast , the nose buried itself , and the tail reared high like a flag on a steeple . |
| 7 | It had been the first definite sign that something was wrong ; though she had been moody and withdrawn for some weeks before , he had thought this a normal reaction to her baby 's death . |
| 8 | Although the famous gallery owner is thinking of retiring and has for some time been searching for an institution to take on his private collection , the title of the event ‘ TransForm ’ is not a veiled reference to his forthcoming conversion from art dealer to museum collector . |
| 9 | Well those that are there can do that and contribute to some extent . |
| 10 | AH ! how the other half live , but if he works hard and pulls in some loot , all to the good . |
| 11 | She had gone to the doctor after her opening 77 and hoped for some kind of medication which would have allowed her to carry on , but all the medical man would prescribe was a three-day rest . |
| 12 | The political fortunes of the Conservative party , based on the evidence of the 1987 General Election , are increasingly regionally-based and reflect to some extent the economic fortunes of the different regions . |
| 13 | Adults , particularly caring parents , appreciating its transience and its value , have the feeling that every moment of childhood should be spent in activity that is clearly worthwhile and rewarding in some way . |
| 14 | His magnificent gifts of drawing — not exaggerating — character and of getting an atmosphere have so worked that few of us have not been to sea in frigates before the age of eighteen and come in some way in contact with non-comfortable men and women . |