Example sentences of "[verb] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chiswick experienced some changes in 1962 , one of which was the withdrawal of all the trolley-buses , which were replaced by the very popular Routemaster buses . |
| 2 | Erm er it 's basically that there is no stated requirement at present from any of the four nations , for this aircraft to operate on ships er back in the early days of the programme when the the French were involved er we looked at the possibility of designing an aircraft er to provide the whole spectrum of capabilities from air defence er ground attack and also maritime operations off ships and er we we certainly experienced some difficulties in reconciling all those things in one design , which was adequately capable in each of the areas . |
| 3 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 4 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 5 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 6 | In the immediate post-war period the problems created by the Russian Revolution , the emergence of a socialist Labour party as the major opposition party in Britain , and the extension of the franchise in 1918 to reward the working class and women for their role in the war , frightened some elements among the middle classes . |
| 7 | They suggest that warnings by Mr Major that a vote for the Liberal Democrats could let Labour into Downing Street by the ‘ back door ’ may have frightened some waverers back into the Tory fold . |
| 8 | It is asking creditors to forgive some debts and extend payments 24 to 48 months . |
| 9 | Some men hate some women . |
| 10 | His pain had receded a little , as though this latest bout of agony had overloaded some circuits of his brain 's pain-response centre . |
| 11 | change the tyre , it 's , you know I see it 's the my God , I 've heard some good-uns in me but people are like that you know ! |
| 12 | I was surprised to hear Tim say that he had heard some owners state that horses ' mouth for sharpness . |
| 13 | I have heard some booksellers call the selling of postcards or greeting cards ‘ peripheral ’ and ‘ inconsequential ’ , but a small item with a low unit price should not be dismissed lightly . |
| 14 | We have heard some speeches tonight about the poll tax , but I want to read the editorial in the Glasgow Evening Times , so aptly published on 5 |
| 15 | Should we wonder that they might influence some children to think that the real world is all like that ? |
| 16 | Do you think society er smiles on all forms of love or do you think some kinds of love and loving are , are actually seen as being lesser than others there , there seems to be less sympathetic for er I mean , yes |
| 17 | Why do you think some items are exempt from ( do not carry ) VAT ? |
| 18 | erm so erm I do n't know it 's just down to generating some questions . |
| 19 | This collaboration was not only about generating some ideas which could become possible policies , it was also designed to allow a sharing of a common challenge and to promote understanding of the fact that everyone in an LMS environment has a vital role to play . |
| 20 | IBM Corp was scheduled to make an ‘ operational announcement ’ on its Adstar storage business in San Jose just after we closed on Friday , but we have to assume that it was not anything sufficiently dramatic that it would move the share price , otherwise the company would have had to announce it on the New York Stock Exchange before the market opened to prevent a false market operating in the shares ; the announcement was to be made by vice-chairman Jack Kuehler , and was also to include some personnel news ; IBM has been studying ways to separate Adstar from the rest of the company , Dow Jones & Co notes , and earlier this year , it hired Morgan Stanley & Co and the Boston Consulting Group to recommend ways to speed up the process , which could involve outside investors or a new class of IBM share — and those advisors were scheduled to be done with the preliminary work by now ; a first step would likely be the creation of Adstar as a wholly-owned subsidiary — it has kept separate books since last year ; but the IBM spokesman said some observers might be surprised by the announcement , which was to be concerned with Adstar 's ‘ operations as an IBM business unit and its future direction . ’ |
| 21 | Try to include some elements that are of a geometric type , such as a circle , diamond and so on . |
| 22 | It 's a good idea to include some shelves about 23 cm wide and deep around the pool edge to support plants needing shallow water . |
| 23 | Since an earlier study ( Wing , 1988 ) had reported no improvement in client experience of some of the first people to move out of Darenth Park Hospital , in services which themselves turned out to replicate many of the organizational features of the hospital , it was decided to include some measures of the physical and social environment as well as of client experience . |
| 24 | If the algorithm is to do all we want , contexts should be allowed to include some variables too . |
| 25 | The latter reform can not be introduced without hazarding some risks . |
| 26 | I 'll throw some towels down , and a couple of blankets , and you can toss for it who sleeps on the sofa and who gets the floor . ’ |
| 27 | John H. Parkinson offers some thoughts for St. George 's day |
| 28 | The singing offers some consolations . |
| 29 | Again , this volume offers some insights into people who are motivated to move in retirement and how couples , both of whom were in employment , support each other emotionally after retirement in much the same way as they did before . |
| 30 | The Introduction also offers some examples . |