Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] they [verb] [verb] some " in BNC.

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1 Amy popped her head round the door to tell Kathleen that they had found some ID on the track and the police had brought his parents in .
2 Even then , this is likely to be little more than an insistence that they begin to make some regular contribution to the household in the form of dried fish , tobacco , and so on .
3 I think in general term they will go along with the erm the de-furbishment or the destruction of the er but my understanding is they are reserving their judgement until they 've seen some version of the plan .
4 Yes , well anybody can come in and trace their family so long as they know that they came from Sussex at some point and they 've got some , something to work on , they 've got some idea of which town or which village they came from .
5 and the great big photograph of Queen Victoria but they do have some nice things in , some of the crockery was quite nice
6 Having said that , however , most left academics and activists when it comes to the electoral crunch do vote Labour , excusing their commitment by saying that they do so " without illusions " but perhaps signalling by their actions that they do see some kind of meaningful choice at the polls .
7 ‘ At times of recession , contractors are trying to maintain their market share and they do operate some contracts at a loss . ’
8 I was at one stage tempted to forgo my chance to contribute to it because of the fascinating speeches of Members representing inner and outer London constituencies as they struggled to find some fairness , justice or logic in the banding system .
9 Their distinctive sound grew from adapting rock forms and instruments , and , eventually , it was in the pubs and folk festivals of Britain that they began to achieve some sort of prominence , while back home the discos of Harare pulsated to the real sound of Whitney Houston .
10 THE New Zealanders might not have been unduly impressive in the early part of their tour but they have played some exhilarating football at the end , completing their final match against a club side with an emphatic victory , 44-20 , over Featherstone Rovers at Post Office Road last night .
11 They made their first mistake when they tried to sell some ‘ stolen ’ emeralds to a Hatton Garden dealer .
12 This means assessing their likes and dislikes by means of preference tests where they can simply choose between different options , or ‘ operant conditioning ’ tests where they have to perform some task such as pecking a button to get access to ( or to exit from ) a particular environment .
13 so obviously they wan na get it down this weekend and get it out the way cos they 've got some family coming for the day on Sunday so they want to get it down tomorrow .
14 Which , no doubt there are people are regenerating theirselves , and once again , talking locally again , of course , realise Marconi 's are in a bad way but they have got some marvellous er er new stuff coming along , but the point is er , obviously in the defence industry , in the er radar works , quite obviously you 're not getting that kind of demand .
15 I think we should make sure we sweep up the Selby drawings because they do include some fairly good stuff .
16 He and James Frawley had been their virtual creators for the television network and they had seen some excruciatingly successful years .
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