Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [v-ing] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | have some more ham or you 're getting some nice cheese in a minute . |
| 2 | In ( 19 ) and ( 20 ) we have the less common case of a property extended by an entity , E P ; we continue to assume that a qualified property remains a property : Where we are considering some actual form of words with a view to describing their categorizations and relationships , and especially where the phrases are somewhat more complex , it may be appropriate to partly invert the notation , and to omit the separate representation of the word-meaning , as in ( 21 ) which so depicts the intensional structure of ( 18 ) and ( 19 ) : Qualification is clearly an ordered relation and we shall assume that it is a binary relation ; one of the two elements related is the principal element ( on co-ordination , see Section 1.9 and Chapter 8 ) . |
| 3 | In doing so I am not suggesting that I am delineating some objective essence of classicism . |
| 4 | It occurred to me first that she was playing some dangerous role — as in her old undercover days — perhaps trying to gain some sort of information or advantage . |
| 5 | It 's the brusque boulevards of the imagination ; it 's that untaken , sauntering path between toupeed cottages ; it 's the trompe l'oeil cul-de-sac which bluffs you into the belief that you 're entering some smart avenue . |
| 6 | Am I right in in thinking that we 're having some new speakers ? |
| 7 | Instead they expect us to believe that they are describing some consensual , authoritative standard of use . |
| 8 | The company now says that it is producing some 20 million metres of VHS tape per month — enough to fill more than 100 000 cassettes . |
| 9 | If a variable measured in the course of an experiment settles down with time , to a constant , or a maintained oscillation , it seems reasonable to assume that it is approaching some stable , maintained course that corresponds to an equilibrium or periodic solution |
| 10 | There were no words in the experience , but he became aware of the fact that he was keeping something at bay ; or another way of looking at it would be that he was wearing some rigid outer clothing , like corsets or a suit of armour . |
| 11 | Good gracious , ’ she breathed , ‘ if you really do believe that Rob and I are conducting some sultry little affair , do you think that either of us would be fool enough to use an office which adjoins yours ? ’ |
| 12 | That group progressed quite a lot that year , from being almost unteachable in the beginning , to being at least teachable , and I was getting some fair work out of them … but it was very time consuming . |
| 13 | When this song failed to make the impact she clearly expected it to make , she turned to Henry as if she was addressing some Yugoslav peasant and did a lot of the kind of lip and tongue work she had used on Elke , their one and only au pair . |
| 14 | At first Jennifer remained silent , as if she was fighting some immense inner struggle , then quietly she began to explain . |
| 15 | If the adventurers are successful in picking the lock , this trap wo n't be activated , but they will have to be very careful taking out the money without breaking the glass sphere ( no test needed , but you should roll dice as if you were making some secret test just to scare the players ) . |
| 16 | So style what you were talking about when they base ideas , just concentrate on what you are doing cos you 're doing some good work you know when they base ideas on the past , that is looking back , yeah , like see this word retro , going back , right . |
| 17 | And I do n't mean I 'm bending them , but there were some , as I 've said many times , a lot of silly people refereeing in speedway , and thank goodness now , ninety nine per cent of them are being sensible and we 're seeing some good refereeing . |
| 18 | It looks as if they were making some slight effort of their own up here to maintain the quality of life . |
| 19 | He nodded a greeting to the other three visitors , who crowded into the cell as if they were playing some bizarre game of sardines . |
| 20 | It was Mark Spicer , the son of the Royal Bucks secretary , and he was earning some extra money during his time off from university . |
| 21 | A horse standing perfectly in the show ring , with its ears nicely pricked , may indicate that it is cross by pressing its lips tightly together , as if it is refusing some nasty-tasting medicine . |
| 22 | It was as if it was harbouring some great consuming sadness and had lost the urge to live . |
| 23 | She seemed fascinated by Benjamin as if he was telling some mysterious tale on a cold winter 's night and she was a spectator , not a party to it . |
| 24 | But if he was playing some bizarre game he was hardly likely to admit it . |
| 25 | He fired his pistol in the air and charged over the top as if he were chasing some errant fox . |
| 26 | He giggled girlishly , as if he were contemplating some impromptu lobotomies , and the beard , which flowed down over the steering wheel , rustled suggestively in the hollow socket of the speedometer . |
| 27 | Steer clear of thick heavy mountain boots , as your feet will tire easily , unless you 're planning some serious winter walking where you might need to use crampons . |
| 28 | But they 're building some more are n't they , building another seven |
| 29 | But it 's showing some great films ( the Japanese tech noir classic Tetsuo 2 , and Man Bites Dog , a stunning Belgian film about a charismatic granny killer ) . |
| 30 | has become an increasingly dangerous on this right hand side I have said just now they must try and stop this coming in because he is getting some magnificent balls in to the penalty area and sooner or later they 're gon na concede a goal . |