Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [verb] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You 're implying that the KGB is running some big operation in Romania .
2 What we 've done in North Notts is to sink some new bore-holes .
3 Llyn Brenig is situated some 35 miles form Colwyn Bay , and is well worth a visit .
4 Claiming to have ‘ seen it all , ’ they say Fujitsu is doing some interesting things with Sparc , but the Cypress Semiconductor Corp/Ross Pinnacle effort is ‘ still a long way off . ’
5 To confront the anger of God is to find some deeper reality about ourselves and our world that we would prefer to forget .
6 Knutsford is situated some 16 miles to the south of Manchester .
7 We look forward to his arrival in Britannia again and Boudicca is saving some good legs for him , — in fact they belong to a soldier of the IXth Legion who did n't hear her shout ‘ Get outta the way you stupid git ’ when she was trying her chariot out on the new road .
8 Perhaps one of the most valuable assets of TL is restoring some tangible contact with the environment , although only to a limited extent .
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