Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My doctor had also prepared a report for the judge , about various medical problems which I hoped might be taken into consideration , along with the fact that I had for some time been re-building my life and now had very little to do with the lifestyle that brought me into contact with drugs . |
| 2 | Except that I had in some way to justify myself . |
| 3 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 4 | Black eyeliner on my lower lids , and I looked like some kind of She-devil . |
| 5 | I first saw her when I was called to see one of Mrs Ainsworth 's dogs , and I looked in some surprise at the furry black creature sitting before the fire . |
| 6 | Chairman you 've got to allow me because by the time I 've finished you wo n't be able to stop me , er , but I mean if there 's a lot of money floating about in this area then I think that er , some committee or other should be looking at the the refurbishment of the courts in Devizes which are a disgrace , and partly the fault of this council when th they were allowed to get into such a state , and I mean at some stage or other , something or else is gon na to have to happen to them and I would hope that the magistrates in their wisdom in some committee or other are , are deciding to take these courts back into use . |
| 7 | erm my point is this , and I speak with some authority , I speak Arabic , I 'm an ex-colonial policeman in Palestine |
| 8 | And I knew in some sort , I think , that the animal was my brother , in this meek and helpless form . |
| 9 | I hope that , in his discussions with the Treasury , the Minister will not just look at the statistics that he quotes with monotonous regularity , and I guess with some justification , about average incomes , but that he will say that some people below that average have real problems . |
| 10 | I have always been , however , and I believe with some justification , unconvinced of the virtues of taking a punt totally outside my own business . |
| 11 | I have been privileged to hold office for 11 years in a series of jobs of enormous interest and I believe of some importance , especially in relation to drugs , broadcasting , the NHS and foreign affairs . |
| 12 | I 'll go straight to my and I do with some coffee . |
| 13 | In a review of the first edition of this book , Sara Mills took issue with me for pessimistically implying that linguistic reform is impossible ; she pointed out , and I think with some justice , that my analysis risks leaving women with no way to hit back when they are confronted with sexist language , at least until after the revolution . |
| 14 | I think that what we 're really looking for is a stimulating , exciting involvement of parents , of students , of teachers , of everyone who has an interest in the success of a school , and I think for some years at Cardinal Newman we have been trying to create this open society , which gives access at all levels to all the children and to their parents , and we do n't want to close the society in any shape or form . |
| 15 | And I think in some hospitals they 're not keen for the midwife and mother to know each other personally . |
| 16 | I think a lot of people are put off computing by the thought that it 's very technical and very difficult to get into , and I think in some ways it still is and there 's a sort of group of experts who rather jealously guard their knowledge , so in that sense , yes , they could short cut and remove skills that perhaps people should have . |
| 17 | Until this point , of course , I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise . |
| 18 | ‘ You did once say I was old-fashioned and I suppose in some ways I must be . |
| 19 | ‘ If I failed in some aspects it was Tom Bradley who failed . |
| 20 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 21 | nice talking to someone about education cos I talk to some people and they think I 'm crackers cos I took my kid out of a state school ! |
| 22 | No cold water cos I want to some Ribena before I have a chocolate . |
| 23 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 24 | The Anniversary Organising Committee had felt that a clock should be commissioned to replace the one which had been stolen , and perhaps because I have for some years specialised in the reproduction of historic clocks , my name was one of those considered . |
| 25 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 26 | The next time I used a prostitute was a couple of years later when I went with some friends to Amsterdam . |
| 27 | " Good grief , when I think of some creature coming onto the moor and doing a vile thing like this ! |
| 28 | I was spitting with fear and frustration as I yanked on some clothes and flung myself into the control area . |
| 29 | The basal conglomerate in England is full of boulders of a distinctive purple , " liver-coloured " and white quartzites that have been matched with the Gres de May and the Gres Armoricain right across the other side of the English Channel in Brittany ( though I regard with some scepticism the notion that the boulders here travelled so far ) . |