Example sentences of "she [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turned out that she lived in some place called Romford and as she was due to take me back there the day after the funeral I had only been left with a few hours to make a decision . |
| 2 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 3 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 4 | ‘ You believe me ? ’ she asked in some astonishment . |
| 5 | ‘ Going to Slane is funny ? ’ she asked in some bewilderment . |
| 6 | She succeeded to some extent when a most magnificent full-blossomed magnolia tree caught her eye . |
| 7 | She referred to some applications in London with which she is especially preoccupied . |
| 8 | His mood seemed to have lightened now , she noted with some relief , and pondered , frowning , over his unexpected reaction to what must certainly be her normal other-life guise . |
| 9 | He used to bring me flowers , but as you can see ’ — she gestured to some carnations on the table — ‘ that 's always happening . |
| 10 | ‘ Too fantastic ! ’ she muttered after some thought . |
| 11 | ‘ I mean … ’ she strove for some kind of coherence ‘ … |
| 12 | She tried the back door and found it open , and going in she turned on some lights and made herself a cup of coffee . |
| 13 | She escaped with some bruises but was adamant that she would never take lessons from me again . |
| 14 | That she belonged to some time , when I was a little kid , that had somehow been barred from my memory . |
| 15 | A babble of voices , predominantly American and German , provided a background hum , while a great number of tables , she observed with some surprise , were occupied by a contingent of Japanese businessmen wearing identical lapel-badges and obviously attending some conference . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , then your outraged mother leapt into the car which was loaded with our luggage because we intended to be off to Urbino that morning , and apparently she decided on some kind of hara-kiri or felo de se , a consummation of our marriage devoutly to be wished but never performed . |
| 17 | Good , she thought with some relief . |
| 18 | He was doing it again , she thought with some amazement — putting her on the spot and forcing her to examine things she 'd always taken for granted . |
| 19 | Not a dog , devilish or otherwise , she thought with some amusement but then remembered tales of witches and their black feline familiars . |
| 20 | She thought for some time before saying : ‘ In some degree ’ puts it quite well . ’ |
| 21 | She looked through some copy which her assistant had left on her desk and crossed out a typing error . |
| 22 | She looked after some children in their last year before they were packed off to boarding school . |
| 23 | As she said goodnight to them in turn she managed by some technique of charm or pure personality to convey to each of them that they were important to her in their own light . |
| 24 | Rosa cast an eye at her mother 's frowning back where she attended to some task and tried to exchange a glance of impatience with Tommaso . |
| 25 | She saw with some dismay that his expression had grown sombre . |
| 26 | ‘ She fell down some steps , Doctor . |
| 27 | I 'm told , though , that she went with some relief — because she would n't be around to witness what promised to be the ghastly ignominy of election day . |
| 28 | oh wow , she sent for some curtains |
| 29 | That might in itself imply that she felt for some reason that she would be suspected , or perhaps she knew who the killer was and preferred to keep quiet . |
| 30 | But Gudrun 's admiration for Breadalby is grudging , perhaps because it is still in private hands : ‘ she spoke with some resentment in her voice , as if she were captivated unwillingly , as if she must admire against her will ’ . |