Example sentences of "he [verb] to [be] [verb] some " in BNC.
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1 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
2 | He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money . |
3 | He seemed to be making some impression on the person at the other end of the phone . |
4 | He seemed to be having some kind of fit . |
5 | His eyes glinted through the black lashes and for a moment he seemed to be offering some sort of olive branch . |
6 | When he asks to be given some of the soup , Jacob seizes the opportunity , and exchanges a bowl of it for Esau 's privileges as the firstborn . |