Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Fairly good evidence has since appeared to show that Burt faked his results in order to bolster his case , although he still has some apologists .
2 On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep .
3 Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions .
4 Now he felt his brain slowly expanding , the noise and sunshine seemed to have entered his skull , and he badly wanted some food to settle the turbid churning of his feelings .
5 And he even had some affection for Mrs Thatcher ?
6 " It is n't , after all , as though we had any reason for not having them , because now that Amelia and Magnus and Gabriel are all married there 's plenty of room , and my parents are anyway worried , politically speaking if you know what I mean , about having so much empty house ( though he 's hardly the kind of tenant that that kind of consideration would provide ) , and he even pays some rent from time to time .
7 It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going .
8 It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that .
9 For example , it has already been noted ( p. 103 ) that D. G.James showed some sympathy for Leavis 's work ; but he also had some reservations regarding the new developments .
10 Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical .
11 His doctors were amazed at the speed of his progress , but he still found some movements awkward on occasion .
12 Beatty , on the other hand , was making $450,000 a picture by then and was shooting Bonnie and Clyde with Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway which turned Beatty into a multi-millionaire overnight because he also prised some percentage points from the backers .
13 He does in general , though he also knocks some gilt off the gingerbread by pointing out how easy it all was .
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