Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My perfect house , the one I am condemned to search for just as the womaniser in 10 is condemned to search for his impossible mate , could only have existed in some fiction I had read — or in a past life . |
| 2 | There are many recorded instances of mass deaths of lemmings after a phase of population expansion , when they have apparently become subjected to some form of social stress that leads to their attempting to migrate across impassable barriers ( Elton , 1942 ) . |
| 3 | The pianist was Roger Bluff , who seemed able to draw a singing tone from the Festival piano that I have not heard matched for some time . |
| 4 | I just got razzed by some faggots . |
| 5 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 6 | His mind was racing now , beads of sweat standing out on his forehead , as he desperately tried to think of some way of alerting the pump attendant to his predicament without endangering them both . |
| 7 | I 'm not going to behave like some councillors who seem to forget where they came from . |
| 8 | The urban bias of radio was thus increased : it was virtually impossible for people who had not become urbanized to some extent to be appointed as full-time radio broadcasters . |
| 9 | In this case , the laws of science would determine the universe completely ; one would not have to appeal to some agency external to the universe to determine how it began . |
| 10 | The relevant circumstances were that : ( i ) the limitation terms had nut been negotiated by any representative body ; ( ii ) the buyers could not have discovered the error ( i. e. that the wrong seed had been delivered ) until after the crop was sown , whereas the sellers were in a position to have known ; ( iii ) the buyers could not reasonably have been expected to cover such a risk ( i.e. of crop failure ) by insurance whereas it was possible for seedsmen to cover their liability by insurance at a modest premium which would not have put up the cost of seeds by very much ; ( iv ) the error could not have occurred without some negligence on the part of the sellers . |
| 11 | Manufacturers can no longer charge according to some idea of ‘ value ’ but must compete on price and performance . |
| 12 | Shirley had clattered noisily on the linoleum , had huffed and puffed and banged about , and finally had said with some passion , ‘ You 're barmy . ’ |
| 13 | I was just trying to get past some people in front of me and I stepped off the pavement and the driver — he did n't have a chance . |
| 14 | It also restated downward — although not drastically , previously reported results for fiscal years to June 1992 and 1991 , to reflect the fact that customers that bought Sequoia gear were not required to pay for some kit until it was resold to end-users . |
| 15 | If I ever got talking to some man in a pub , it was more than his life was worth . |
| 16 | But I shall still have to draw on some capital Brenda , nevertheless . |
| 17 | One always had to start with some ideas based on the available information . |
| 18 | Must be normal bloke and preferably have run with some type of working class street gang and not have a domineering mum or anything |
| 19 | And , as soon as the consumer has to juggle with changes in the period of the agreement as well , he also has to juggle with some paradoxes . |
| 20 | The French high command must also have known for some time , but hushed it up no doubt . ’ |
| 21 | UK Birmingham-based IMI 's Uniplex Ltd office automation software outfit will next week announce the appointment of Margaret Gymer to the post of director of international services : she 'll head a new service and support unit the company is starting to look after that side of the business , which is now said to account for some 20% of the company 's revenue . |
| 22 | ‘ I really came to search for some things for my collection . ’ |
| 23 | I now wish to look at some Chewong words that pertain to inner states and relate these to ideas of what it means to be human . |
| 24 | Now erm when you work back from that date er all the various activities that industry have got ta go through erm you discover that erm the production investment activities er really need to start to some level at some very low level , er later this year . |
| 25 | He may well have heard in some reach of his mind an as yet uncreated harmony , as a composer hears the music that he is about to translate into sound . |
| 26 | And now they tell us we might even have to go to some barn that has n't even got proper floorboards for us to live under as Arnold Bros ( est. 1905 ) intended . |
| 27 | ‘ Aye ; dad was saying you 're not even allowed to walk in some islands on a Sunday ! ’ |
| 28 | There are split ends on the split ends and worst of all , it does n't seem to grow in some places any more . |
| 29 | Navarro 's participation also marginalized the remaining left-wing guerrilla forces , who reportedly impeded voting in some towns . |
| 30 | I vaguely began to meditate on some design . |