Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said . |
| 2 | He suddenly thought of the hat she had lost , searched for it , and found it among some leaves on the ground . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't remember what I actually said , but obviously Mandy misinterpreted it in some way . |
| 4 | He ate it with some biscuits , getting it down fast , his face close to the plate , his fork-hand hooking round to beat illness to the punch . |
| 5 | He studied it for some time and then said : ‘ That 's bad , I 'm afraid . |
| 6 | He hefted the pistol towards the window , laid it on the sill , cocked it , put a percussion cap beneath the hammer , directed it at some sepoys trotting below , and pulled the trigger , confident that a sepoy would throw up his arms and sink to the ground . |
| 7 | I come from a fanatically rugby-conscious Welsh miner 's family ; five of my six brothers played it with some distinction . |
| 8 | To cross the river we returned to the road , followed it for some way parallel to the railway and then joined the line again near a farm . |
| 9 | Chicago , Chicago — so good , they named it after some onions . |
| 10 | He was born around the Darlington area and I heard that his family once had money , but lost it in some way . |
| 11 | Giles Aplin examined it with some interest before consigning it to a buttoned pocket without comment . |
| 12 | He repeated it with some commentary in an issue of the Times Educational Supplement . |
| 13 | I watched it for some time but there 's nobody about . |
| 14 | The Treasury , as I say , undermined it to some extent , but all the time there was duplication going on . |
| 15 | From a plain wooden table spread with literature she picked up a booklet and offered it to Melissa , who took it with some hesitation . |
| 16 | He took it as some sort of betrayal . ’ |
| 17 | I said , yeah he sold it to some bloke out Ivybridge for er erm off , off road racing and stuff . |
| 18 | I did it with some stuff before |
| 19 | yes tiny little place , and it was , it was n't totally satisfactory initially in that they erm , they left it with some sort of erm cock up , I could n't wind it up , there was something wrong with the crown click , or something of the sort , when I got it back , so I had to take it back again , but otherwise they seemed to be people who are well aware of watches in the best sense and eh , he said this is a an excellent movement and eh far better than the ones I normally see . |
| 20 | Indeed , each man refused it with some indignation ; Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States . |
| 21 | but that , as I say for England and France erm they closed it for some reason |
| 22 | Morris inhaled smoke , held it for some minutes , and then let it out down his nose . |