Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for some children to work with me . |
| 2 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 3 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 4 | ‘ If I failed in some aspects it was Tom Bradley who failed . |
| 5 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 6 | I soon felt hungry and thirsty , and my first food was fruit which I found on some trees near a river . |
| 7 | I think that it would be helpful now if I described in some detail what the effect of the banding arrangements will be , as there has been considerable misunderstanding of the provisions . |
| 8 | I stopped at some lights on the East side . |
| 9 | I thought I 'd post some information about the match last night , mainly for our overseas friends . |
| 10 | Oxford led me back to Nottingham : whilst at St Antony 's I came across some pamphlets published by Spokesman — the imprint of the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation Ltd , where I have spent nine of the last twelve years . |
| 11 | Perusing my library shelves recently , in a largely fruitless search for scholarly references with which to stiffen this article , I came across some evidence supporting that contention . |
| 12 | In the course of work on the Mesozoic rocks of the High Atlas mountains of Morocco , I came across some deposits in the Upper Jurassic near Imouzzer-des-Ida-ou-Tanane which I could only interpret as having resulted from the effect of storms on lagoonal sediments ( plates 4.5 and 4.6 ) . |
| 13 | Going down several inches I came upon some links of chain . |
| 14 | In particular , I studied for some while a figure chalked on a great blackboard which stood close to the bench bearing the sheeted body . |
| 15 | That evening I hid among some trees outside the town , and went to sleep . |
| 16 | Until this point , of course , I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise . |
| 17 | somebody 's Chronicle I borrowed for some reason |
| 18 | After having carefully measured my horse 's girth and length from point of withers to top of tail , I discovered with some astonishment that my horse weighed 954 million pounds . |
| 19 | I walked like some sleepwalker as he showed me empty rooms and a steep , stone-vaulted cellar . |
| 20 | I heard about some guy came up |
| 21 | I pulled on some socks and shoes and ran to the iron door . |
| 22 | I always get on very well with English prisoners of the R. A. F. I worked for some time at the prison camp where you 'll be going tomorrow , and there I made many good English friends , especially — . ’ |
| 23 | Since I had taken her from her people , I felt in some degree responsible for seeing them together again . |
| 24 | One of my reasons for becoming involved in Westland was that I felt in some respects that I owed them something . |
| 25 | I struggled for some time to understand the metaphors until an inner voice said to me during meditation : ‘ You 're in martyr over this book . ’ |
| 26 | And I knew in some sort , I think , that the animal was my brother , in this meek and helpless form . |
| 27 | I looked at some pictures of Rhonda Fleming . |
| 28 | I looked for some sign of a woman 's occupation , and found none . |
| 29 | I first saw her when I was called to see one of Mrs Ainsworth 's dogs , and I looked in some surprise at the furry black creature sitting before the fire . |
| 30 | Black eyeliner on my lower lids , and I looked like some kind of She-devil . |