Example sentences of "[to-vb] some [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at Tommaso Talvi in her mind 's eye , she adjusted her image of him to fit with her sister 's , she inventoried his features , beginning with the eyes , and redrafted them in order to see them as ‘ pretty ’ , she scanned his caffelatte pallor and his big hands , grasping the bread she had cut for him , she looked at his mouth , the purplish fullness of his lips and the strong teeth that showed when he grinned , as he had done , often , but without laughter , when the men were disagreeing about the possibilities of change , the chances of the election on returning the Socialists , of bringing about improvements for the labourers now that the franchise had at last been widened to include some people who were n't bosses , like her father , a music teacher with a sense of honour , of justice . |
| 2 | I remember going to see some works by the artist Klement Redko . |
| 3 | Tim wants you to see some people he knows who do investment advice — then you 'd get more out of those shares . |
| 4 | Egypt also stood to lose some $200 million because of the devaluation of Gulf currencies , in addition to $500 million in back pay owed by Iraq to Egyptian workers , and $150-200 million owed by the Iraqi government to Egyptian companies . |
| 5 | All told , BT had expected to invest some $100m in the three ventures . |
| 6 | Well over 20,000 people have already been encouraged to invest some £53 million in their own training with the benefit of those loans . |
| 7 | " I wanted to preserve some grouse , Fairfax said doubtfully . |
| 8 | You are bound to meet some people and some situations which preclude speechreading . |
| 9 | I 'd like to meet some people . |
| 10 | They came over to meet some people and they seemed to be interested . |
| 11 | You know , just to attract some people , you know , approach the brewery , say look what about a few keg ? |
| 12 | Although I do not have a magic wand , I hope to be able to establish some means of providing the physical back-up that you would like to receive from the Society and to start the ball rolling I am compiling a list of all the ways in which you have been supported or would like to have been supported , in the past plus suggestions for the future . |
| 13 | Coal consumption in Europe is forecast to increase some 38% by the end of the century and the increased demand will be met by imports rather than indigenous production . |
| 14 | To enter this eventful activity in 1986 , the prospective owner would have had to find some $45 million to have a VLCC of 250,000 tonnes built new . |
| 15 | Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees . |
| 16 | If for some reason you can not or choose not to attend a course , then you will have to find some means of charting your progress with the limited help made available by colleagues . |
| 17 | In an argument where the central issue was social cohesion it was clearly necessary to find some means of measuring this elusive force . |
| 18 | Secondly , they had to find some means of reducing the volume of Gascon appeals to Paris to as low a level as possible . |
| 19 | Now the Doctor 's companion , the woman and the android were walking through the dark corridors of the castle , trying to find some means of escape . |
| 20 | Intel Corp says it will ship 60 versions of the 80486 this year , with clock speeds ranging from 25MHz to 100MHz , senior vice-president Paul Otellini told the Hambrecht & Quist conference in San Francisco : ‘ We now have the capacity to build some 30m 80486s in 1993 , ’ Otellini said , and he expects Intel to sell some 100m 80486 chips after 1993 ; Intel expects to spend some $900m on research and development this year , up from $780m in 1992 , he declared , and would do 1m Pentiums in 1994 . |
| 21 | Separately , Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it expects to sell some 8m to 10m Am386 chips in 1993 , on par with the 9.5m sold last year . |
| 22 | If there is sufficient space it is possible to choose some people to play leapfrog during the chorus . |
| 23 | Unfortunately in some ways , computers are capable of analysing and cross-tabulating vast amounts of data very quickly and this apparent ease of analysis seems to lead some people to extend their data collection . |
| 24 | Back at the rendezvous Stirling felt better after the usual tea laced with rum and was pleased that at last his team had managed to destroy some aircraft . |
| 25 | Keeping the youth in a special secure unit is stretching the council 's social services budget to the limit , and it may not be able to afford to replace some staff when they leave . |
| 26 | Some residents may be in bed when you come on duty , but you will probably need to help some people to bed . |
| 27 | In classical breeding and in nature , it 's possible to cross some species borders , but you can not cross all species borders as well . ’ |
| 28 | He parked the Passat and told Maisie he was going to buy some aspirin . |
| 29 | If I go to buy some fish , for instance , and it 's been irradiated , it wo n't smell . |
| 30 | ‘ I have to buy some cod , ’ he announced . |