Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah David said he 's not too bothered , would he rather take some beans and the toaster ? |
| 2 | Now he felt his brain slowly expanding , the noise and sunshine seemed to have entered his skull , and he badly wanted some food to settle the turbid churning of his feelings . |
| 3 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 4 | He suddenly felt some sympathy for her : her intentions had been evil but Jane could hardly have foreseen the appalling results of her maliciousness — if indeed Jim Lancaster had stormed off and murdered his wife . |
| 5 | He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ? |
| 6 | ‘ Anyway he just grabbed some papers — and he was off again . ’ |
| 7 | He just draws some rays , converging at appropriate foci for the lenses and reflected from the mirrors with equal angles of incidence and reflection . |
| 8 | He was very interested in discovering whether the tattoo would grow as he grew and he thought he already detected some enlargement . |
| 9 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 10 | He still made some shows of aggression , but more as a dangerous game than with wicked intent . |
| 11 | he still had some left . |
| 12 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 13 | Coe tells me that he was attracted to writing some kind of thriller because it would help him tighten up his plotting , but he still has some way to go ; the book 's resolution is simply too arbitrary and fanatical . |
| 14 | He still has some way to go to earn a place in the golfing record books . |
| 15 | Fairly good evidence has since appeared to show that Burt faked his results in order to bolster his case , although he still has some apologists . |
| 16 | He still has some details to arrange . |
| 17 | His doctors were amazed at the speed of his progress , but he still found some movements awkward on occasion . |
| 18 | ( groan , groan — you all know what i want ; - ) ; - ) — with Frank playing 11 games from start my bet is that his goal tally would have exceeded 2 — of course he still misses some qualities — but he knows how to make a goal … as the commentaries said it : ‘ He is under-21 and is still learning the game ’ ) |
| 19 | Was he still playing some kind of macabre joke ? |
| 20 | When Nigel came back he usually spent some time checking his pulse rate . |
| 21 | He also made some additions to the chart of the east coast of Spitsbergen . |
| 22 | In expressing the view that he felt he was n't making a large contribution to the activities of the Commission , he also requested some guidance on what his role should be or what view the Commission had about his role . |
| 23 | He also does some composing . |
| 24 | When he was up and about , he also spent some time in the kitchen , having become what was then called a ‘ health-food fanatic ’ . |
| 25 | He also had some involvement in attempts to land agents and arms on the Baltic cost . |
| 26 | It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going . |
| 27 | For example , it has already been noted ( p. 103 ) that D. G.James showed some sympathy for Leavis 's work ; but he also had some reservations regarding the new developments . |
| 28 | He also gives some emphasis to channels of communication and their control ; the flow of information that is interpreted by individuals according to their frame of reference . |
| 29 | Beatty , on the other hand , was making $450,000 a picture by then and was shooting Bonnie and Clyde with Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway which turned Beatty into a multi-millionaire overnight because he also prised some percentage points from the backers . |
| 30 | He also read some philosophy at university . |