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 .
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