Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [pron] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If she was running the same company for Virgin , should n't she have some shareholding in it ? |
2 | " Could n't we make some concessions to it ? " |
3 | ‘ Would n't you like some tea first ? |
4 | Ca n't we get some money from somewhere else ? |
5 | ca n't we have some violence |
6 | Ca n't someone bring some sense into this ridiculous situation before the governors who took up the challenge after the Government 's much-advertised campaign to persuade people to do the work , and those who served faithfully for many long years , resign en masse ? |
7 | ‘ Ca n't I have some iron tablets ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Ca n't I have some Valium , Sister ? ’ he grovelled . |
9 | if property is equalized then the economy will so he uses some sort of incentive argument here and maybe some sort of undertones here that inequalities are necessary to make the worse off better off than they would have been without them , but he thinks the uneducated poor may well be too stupid |
10 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |