Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] some " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I have n't actually fixed a time when I will return , it just depends when I am made some offers . ’ |
2 | When will I be given some responsibility ? |
3 | I ca n't start drawing conclusions until I 'm given some data . ’ |
4 | But I 'm told some of those craft can make the Mars trip in forty days . ’ |
5 | I was fired some years after the War after an altercation with Hymie . |
6 | I was given some advice about you — advice which I took against my better judgement , but it seems that advice was wrong . " |
7 | After that , Mr Dance went away and I was given some food . |
8 | I was given some repulsive food which , by the end of the second day , I trained myself to eat . |
9 | ‘ Oh well , you see , the truth of the matter is that dragons have never existed as you ( and , until I was poisoned some three months ago , I ) understand existence . |
10 | About three years ago , I was left some money by a relative , so I was able to start up a national welfare charity for Labradors — something I 'd always wanted to do . |
11 | ‘ Have you been given some ? ’ |
12 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
13 | You 're promised some ? |
14 | You know how superstitious she is , touching wood and not walking under ladders and throwing salt over her shoulder when she 's spilled some . |
15 | ‘ She 's undergone some pretty awful ordeals , ’ Newman persisted . |
16 | ‘ She 's made some really snide comments to some of the staff about you . |
17 | ‘ Er — she 's made some mistakes ? ’ |
18 | At that moment , unconsciously , she 's touched some secret fulcrum of my feelings for her . |
19 | that 's right , I mean she 's , she 's took some money , or taken some money if , I mean she 'll be home twelve o'clock if it do n't suit her like |
20 | Jean : She 's told some kids to go back to their own country . |
21 | Just because she 's read some trashy paperback she thinks she 's some kind of expert on the modus operandi . |
22 | ‘ Still , maybe she 's left some of her luck behind in her pockets . ’ |
23 | Pat told of how , when she first started knitting , she was given some patterns . |
24 | She was left some property in Italy by an elderly Count who had always admired her , even wanted to marry her , I believe . ’ |
25 | She was awakened some time later by the sound of Fen 's voice and his hand briefly shaking her by the shoulder . |
26 | We are given some financial support from the government but this doe snot cover all our costs and we therefore depend on gifts from trusts , companies and individuals . |
27 | Suppose we are given some outline drawings of axes . |
28 | ‘ Unless something is done and we are given some special dispensation we will never be happy with this . ’ |
29 | We appreciate the County put on an interesting programme of events , but since we are situated some distance from County Headquarters and public transport is virtually non-existent , we are unable to participate in very much . |
30 | Tonight , though , we 're given some clues as to why the bachelor detective leads such a very private life . |