Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb infin] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Tory MP , an aristocrat of impeccable right-wing views , who helped renegotiate some of Romania 's debts at the beginning of the hard years in the 1980s , also enjoyed joking with Ceauşescu . |
| 2 | This definition was not carried forward into the later Acts , although both the Act of 1979 and the current Act did reproduce some of the provisions regarding depositors which were contained in the Act of 1963 . |
| 3 | However , those employed full-time off the farm did experience some problems at lambing and hay making . |
| 4 | Erm it has become worse in a way that er we did , I did experience some sort of er , er racial intolerance er with the youth , but the middle-aged and the er m older people were very , very er tolerant I had to ask er when I could n't find my way , ask my way to certain places and er there was an that er the lady just walked by me er with me and she , she said I 'll have to walk with you you ca n't find it . |
| 5 | Frolik certainly did expose some real spies including Nicholas Praeger , who had given the Czechs details of the RAF 's electronic counter-measures equipment codenamed Blue Diver and Red Steer . |
| 6 | For these reasons — their pattern of settlement , the ease , low cost and low risk of meeting obligations — Zuwaya were able to still think of themselves as nomads : they were wrong , but from time to time they could and did regard some of their social arrangements as unchanging , inert . |
| 7 | Although most of Hudson 's tests were conducted on schoolboys , he did conduct some tests on schoolgirls , amongst whom he found a different pattern : |
| 8 | Faced with public anger about the Gulf war , the royal autocrat did make some concessions . |
| 9 | ‘ In retrospect we did make some questionable decisions , ’ Mr Warren told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 10 | In the event , he did make some contribution to Toby and Laura 's education . |
| 11 | Despite Wilkinson 's attempts to moderate criticism of the Area Board 's policies , and a trade unionist member 's introduction of some woolliness in the text to accommodate his dislike of any rationing by the purse , the committee 's report , submitted to Gaitskell in June , did make some strong proposals . |
| 12 | Anyway , all I can say is , I did make some notes somewhere , I think I put them in my pocket , or maybe ( silence ) . |
| 13 | The papers I 've mentioned did make some suggestions , in particular Palmer , in his paper recommended that if the patient had a single tumour presentation and a negative three month cystoscopy , then subsequent cystoscopy could be performed yearly . |
| 14 | Unlike the Mantuan and Ferrarese madrigalists , Marenzio composed mainly for the pleasure of the performers themselves , not for courtly audiences listening to brilliant executants , though he did make some essays in the three-upper-part style associated with the Ferrarese ladies , notably the exquisite ‘ Hor chi Clori ’ in his Sixth five-part book ( 1594 ) , and he must have reckoned on good performers to tackle the chromaticisms of ‘ O voi che sospirate ’ ( Book II , 1581 ) . |
| 15 | W that bit we gave up after the First World War but we made er we did make some of these er patented things that they had in the Second World War . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , the USA did make some efforts to modify the brutal conduct of the Iraqi armed forces during their campaign against the rebels . |
| 17 | The movie that provoked most debate around rape and its representation before The Accused , was Lamont Johnson 's 1976 film Lipstick , which at least did make some attempt to make connections between the rape and the wider social implications of how society constructs images of women . |
| 18 | Direction , one felt , was needed , and up to a point , with soloists Neil Black and William Bennett , it did make some impact . |
| 19 | We did cover some of it . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , the parties did undergo some transformation as they adapted to a changing political climate . |
| 21 | Nationality as such played little part in most respondents ' educational life-chances or expectations ; and educational attainment in turn was far more important than nationality as a determinant of occupational position , although Russians did enjoy some advantages in applying for minor bureaucratic positions because of their better knowledge of the language in which most state business was conducted . |
| 22 | I did buy some . |
| 23 | Although the GHS did include some attitudinal questions , its emphasis was not primarily subjective . |
| 24 | The resemblance here is to the great nineteenth century Reviews , the Edinburgh , the Quarterly , the Westminster , and others , which did include some scientific works among their criticism but were chiefly concerned with literature , history and politics . |
| 25 | the employers of 1984 IT Advanced Course students did include some user companies , but the numbers were small in comparison to more mainstream IT work ; |
| 26 | Jackson did promise some attention to the matter but it seems that nothing was granted . |
| 27 | The image of counter staff did need some polishing , in fact they had just put all their 1,300 people through a course teaching them ‘ how not to behave like Sharons and Traceys . ’ |
| 28 | Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too . |
| 29 | Oh dear , she did need some new ones ! |
| 30 | And I felt that they did need some kind of ongoing support . |