Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] some of " in BNC.
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| 1 | EVER since the new Booker shortlist failed to include some of this year 's most frenetically over-promoted stars ( thereby affording the rest of the authorial population a good smirk ) the media have been publicly soul-searching about hype . |
| 2 | The implementation of the legislation was delayed to enable some of them to acquire qualifications . |
| 3 | already and , and could 've filled some of that in . |
| 4 | Wolfe admitted handling some of the stolen money and was placed on probation for 18 months . |
| 5 | Council director of planning Arthur Owen says the draft strategy his department has drawn up should be revised to include some of their suggestions . |
| 6 | ‘ They are using the computer to gauge who would be suitable to attend certain meetings : they may want to exclude some of them . ’ |
| 7 | On Oct. 15 , prison officials agreed to meet some of the prisoners ' demands , including the improvement of conditions in isolation cells . |
| 8 | But part of her did want to repair some of the damage they had done to each other . |
| 9 | ‘ His tactical awareness was second to none — but he did n't want to know some of the more boring aspects of management . |
| 10 | They fell into step , heading for the pub where they 'd arranged to meet some of the other girls prior to going on to the dance . |
| 11 | Almost everyone will want to juggle some of the items between the two lists ; or add their own particular commitments or special enthusiasms , omitted by us . |
| 12 | We gradually got to know some of the members of our Pathfinder Squadron , and to realise that they were in fact rather special . |
| 13 | It occurred to me , when I got to know some of these families , that they really might believe that their position on the hill placed them nearer to heaven than the less privileged folk below . |
| 14 | At least I got to know some of the background to the paintings ; the symbolism and the profundity of meaning . |
| 15 | We had arranged to meet Mrs Newton at her home at ten o'clock and I left my flat earlier than necessary to try to miss some of the rush-hour traffic , though how you avoid a rush hour which lasts from around seven in the morning to nine o'clock at night , I do not know . |
| 16 | ah , you want to see some of the twenty five year olds going to town down here |
| 17 | Hunt ( 1976 , pp.178–187 ) has developed some of these ideas in his consideration of law as an instrument of ideological domination , which legitimises and mystifies class rule . |
| 18 | Since then , he has travelled some of football 's more pot-holed highways , including short spells at non-League Fisher Athletic and in the Middle East just as the Gulf War began . |
| 19 | It is important to try to preserve some of the old pedestrian routes through the new precinct . |
| 20 | It comes down to this : can the ERM be modified to preserve some of the benefits of exchange-rate stability , while allowing governments greater freedom to change monetary policy according to domestic economic circumstances ? |
| 21 | We want to wear some of those clothes in the wardrobe that we have n't been able to wear for ages . |
| 22 | Last year was the centenary of the Borough Charters , so on the one hand I was trying to restore the traditions of the thing — erm we tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial — and then on the other hand I felt that the mayoralty often did n't seem terribly relevant to people of my generation , and so I tried to involve a lot of young people in various activities and the offshoot of that has been a Youth Advisory Committee which I 've set up , which at the moment is in the process of trying to negotiate with the County Council for some premises to try and increase the sort of Youth Club type evening provision in the town . |
| 23 | erm We tried to reintroduce some of the pomp and ceremonial . |
| 24 | This paper has highlighted some of the main difficulties associated with user participation and control in a day-centre system providing social and rehabilitative facilities within an explicitly voluntarist framework . |
| 25 | Even so , expect to lose some of the fry despite these safeguards . |
| 26 | VIC JOBSON , Southend United 's controversial chairman , has likened some of the club 's fans to the ‘ Hitler Youth Movement ’ . |
| 27 | VIC JOBSON , Southend United 's controversial chairman , has likened some of the club 's fans to the ‘ Hitler Youth Movement ’ . |
| 28 | Your publication has given some of the world 's best humorists and cartooonists their most memorable exposure and has inspired countless others to pick up the pen and make complete fools out of themselves . |
| 29 | A group of shearling rams , currently being prepared for sale this season , is widely considered to contain some of the best sheep the flock has ever produced . |
| 30 | They found their literary expression in a series of haunting elegies generally considered to contain some of the finest love poetry in the English language . |