Example sentences of "[prep] some [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This thing that that er his wife said about some women deserve it |
| 2 | It is common for some mothers to ask their child to do something and then walk away expecting it to be done . |
| 3 | ‘ The county council have had to re-tender virtually all services in the Liss , area , and so people , as always with competitive tendering must be prepared for some changes tot he operators and timetables , ’ said Mr. Clark . |
| 4 | It is not clear that she currently has any diplomatic status , though there is some evidence that the United Nations may still for some purposes recognise her ambassadorship . |
| 5 | The minute young are born in a relatively premature state and wriggle their way into the pouch of the mother where they fasten on to a teat for some weeks to complete their development . |
| 6 | He had dropped me a note the day he left advising me to sell , so sell I did , but despite many hours spent traipsing round the East End I could only find one interested party : Mr Cohen , who had for some years conducted his tailor 's business from above my father 's shop and wanted to expand . |
| 7 | Where Greenblatt , and most literary criticism of Renaissance writing during the preceding decades , had formerly seen one of the features of the period as the growing ability for some individuals to shape their lives , there emerged a recognition that Renaissance texts were not celebrating human autonomy and unfettered subjectivity . |
| 8 | Clubs had agreed a deal with Central for the first two months of the season , but it was thrown into doubt after some clubs said they were n't getting paid enough . |
| 9 | The close association between the visual and the cultural may explain the reluctance of some teachers to give it much attention . |
| 10 | The present-day breeding habits of some birds give us a reasonably good idea of how polyandry evolved . |
| 11 | A further problem was the tendency of some parents to take their children on holiday during term time . |
| 12 | The present governmental arrangements of some countries provide their inhabitants with reasons to replace their government with European government , because they claim it will be better . |
| 13 | In Smith v. Land & house Property Corporation ( 1884 C.A. ) the seller of some premises described them as ‘ let to Mr. Frederick Fleck ( a most desirable tenant ) . ’ |
| 14 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 15 | In order to economise , the officers of some parishes put their workhouses out to private contract ; this practice — an early example of privatisation — was known as ‘ farming the poor ’ . |
| 16 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 17 | Boys , can you think of some words to describe it ? |
| 18 | okay and then erm it 's , it 's like like some lecturers give you like a set of notes |
| 19 | The Belfry came in for criticism with some newspapers saying it was no place to stage a match of this importance . |
| 20 | Baby Jesus was real poor , so he had to grow up on a farm and that , and when he got bigger he went round with some friends telling everyone about God , and then he died . |
| 21 | Does the Home Secretary , in common with his right hon. Friend the former Prime Minister , now feel too painfully aware that the franchise round has ended in farce , with some companies losing their licences for offering too much and others failing because they offered too little ? |
| 22 | I can do with some men to advise me — and you are a man now , Johnnie , I see ! ’ |
| 23 | Luckily the girls also managed to provide me with some nephews to balance it up a bit . ’ |
| 24 | The ball soars and ploughs into some branches showers him with twigs and leaves . |
| 25 | The readiness with which the American delegates impressed their character and energy upon the Congress , leading its deliberations , influencing its thought , and even in some instances correcting its faults , is a quiet but signally effective illustration of their better preparation for a more thorough practical acquaintance with the work of deliberative assemblies . |
| 26 | Mining remained a craft until the early part of the last war , with each collier taking a boy as a kind of ‘ apprentice ’ into his stall ; and in some instances trying him out later with another boy , both under supervision in an adjacent stall , until they could prove themselves to be master-craftsmen , able to work the stall and be trusted to look after themselves . |
| 27 | If , as I have argued , it is normal and typical of human beings to have basic impulses to assist other creatures in distress , to find them appealing to view , and in some cases to enjoy their close proximity ( infants reach out naturally towards a puppy but get agitated by wasps or beetles ) , it does not follow that we know how to treat them . |
| 28 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 29 | The word ‘ mothering ’ is sexist in many contexts because it reinforces the ‘ natural ’ connection of women with children and childcare — a connection that feminists have criticised , since under our present social arrangements it has the entirely sexist consequences of defining non-mothers as non-women , restricting women 's opportunities to do other things if they wish , exploiting their unpaid labour and in some cases causing them to be seen as less important than the children they give birth to . |
| 30 | Other people are likely to have a transformative effect on your existence , in some cases influencing your career . |