Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sure , nearly 60 per cent of them admitted committing some sort of crime or incivility in the nine months prior to being questioned . |
| 2 | And I got to get some toilet roll . |
| 3 | I got to have some beef in that role . |
| 4 | " Please — " I tried to formulate some plea in the middle of a pain , but it came out as a whimper . |
| 5 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 6 | I tried to take some pictures but I scrapped them , they did n't come near to showing how I felt . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I tried to take some pressure off him by saying if we saw him before Christmas it would be a bonus . |
| 8 | I tried using some spray furniture polish , rubbed well in , on the areas that were jamming . |
| 9 | I tried to put some money on the ‘ Stiffs ’ finishing bottom with the bookies . |
| 10 | I tried to get some compensation but only managed to get a little … and that was six years afterwards , which was no use at all . |
| 11 | I tried to get some pizza things as well . |
| 12 | I Tried to get some cleaning help but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 13 | ‘ At that time I tried to get some cleaning help , but all I was offered was a shopping service , so I paid privately for a helper . |
| 14 | ‘ Of course , as men always will , I tried to extract some hope from her . |
| 15 | I tried to make some enquiries . ’ |
| 16 | and when you try t in the past when I tried to find some way of imposing discipline , there is no way because quite rightly , you 're not allowed to strike children , I never wanted to and I I hardly ever did at one school where there was a marvellous spirit of give and take I used to whip off my little black velvet slipper occasionally and whack some of the larger boys about the top of the thigh . |
| 17 | I 'd done some wedding stationery for a friend , and I 'd painted two hundred and twenty pieces , er erm , sheets of wedding stationery for her , with erm , bud roses and things , I think I might have shown you one , actually . |
| 18 | I 'd recorded some background music for her too and it did n't sound as if she 'd added to her collection . |
| 19 | I 'd made some plans for Rainbow 's next tte — tte , scripted some frank revelations , an impassioned plea … |
| 20 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 21 | I 'd saved some money , grown heartily sick of London , fast food and maybe people , too , and I was getting out . |
| 22 | I 'd swapped some toy cars for a set of poker dice in a red leather case . |
| 23 | I wish I 'd bought some chips — I 'm still pretty hungry . |
| 24 | He does he agrees w I said to him I 'd , I 'd used some hair thickening shampoo , yeah ? |
| 25 | You were being frightened off because you 'd started asking questions , but I was to be killed because I 'd found some answers . ’ |
| 26 | I 'd found some bunches of violets that were n't much good , but I thought I might sell them in the pub , or that some kind gent might treat me to a sandwich . |
| 27 | I 'd got some money . ’ |
| 28 | Well I used to cycle from Gedling to Apsley , me debit was at Apsley and I used to have to cycle from there to Apsley and I used to take bit of food an and bread and cheese and pieces of anything I could pick up in me pocket , and I dare n't come home till I 'd got some business . |
| 29 | and , I 'd got some collecting to do . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd left some stuff here . |