Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] some of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wolfe admitted handling some of the stolen money and was placed on probation for 18 months . |
| 2 | Or , if you think it steals too much potential storage space you could consider sacrificing some of it . |
| 3 | On the strength of this exchange , Lewis realized that Havard would be a man who would enjoy meeting some of the people who had taken to dropping into his rooms at Magdalen on Thursday evenings . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought you 'd enjoy meeting some of the local people , away from the usual tourist traps . |
| 5 | You should also consider fitting some of the security devices which are illustrated here — they are inexpensive and available at most DIY stores . |
| 6 | Some of these cloths will be interlines and it might be a good notion to try adding some of the iron-on lining to the wrong side while you are pressing . |
| 7 | You ought to try taking some of them , honestly they 're so easy the exams are , like history , ah , talk about easy , spartan erm , you could G C S E , P E mum |
| 8 | The proposals , confirmed as viable by the newly privatised Merseyside and North West Electricity Board , involve diverting some of the water from two streams at the head of the Falls and piping it underground to a small stone and slate turbine house at the bottom of the valley . |
| 9 | The June exhibition may be so successful that the Hermitage would consider showing some of its own trophy collection alongside the one from Bremen . |
| 10 | I tried telling some of the teachers that . |
| 11 | I tried missing some of these parades , but one day I was summoned to the local headquarters of the organization in Parma where a rather fat , forbidding woman of high rank , dressed in Fascist uniform , told me that if I missed any more I would be suspended from school . |
| 12 | Mr. Allen : Will the Hon. Gentleman consider using some of the time of those operators for the installation of a fax machine which could be used collectively by right Hon. and Hon. Members rather than duplicating many times a facility that could be provided and serviced by one additional member of staff , or even by current members of stall ? |
| 13 | However , after reading several copies of Ideal Home , I felt inspired to paint and decorate using some of the striking designs and techniques illustrated in the magazine . |
| 14 | The decision was therefore taken to again begin basing some of the fighters on the third airfield at Takali on a permanent basis . |
| 15 | Or or you do n't mind paying some of it , or or what ? |
| 16 | Inevitably , this will entail losing some of the irreplaceable character of this unique building . |
| 17 | The debtor who refused to go and defend himself against his creditor 's charges risked having some of his possessions seized and sold to pay what he still owed . |
| 18 | He agreed the food was so awful he asked us if we would n't mind hiding some of his . ’ |
| 19 | I would n't mind trying some of those erm |
| 20 | Some of the following may be repetitive to some extent , and the reader is asked to excuse this as the writer finds it difficult to avoid repeating some of his thoughts in a subject so fraught with difficulties of explanation , and covering such a wide field . |
| 21 | I still enjoy beating some of the young guys at our various fitness tests ! |
| 22 | ‘ Would you mind polishing some of these smeary glasses ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I remember seeing some of those photos for the first time , I mean the ones with women with chicken heads laying eggs . |
| 24 | Once or twice during the Course he would make an excuse to come to collect something or other , and I think he enjoyed seeing some of the results of the teachers ' acquaintance with the displays . |
| 25 | ‘ With the power on I began investigating some of these control panels . |
| 26 | Then Futura and Macdonald merged ; Susan Lamb expanded her Macdonald role by adding Futura PR and Thomas began doing some of the paid-for side for Macdonald . |
| 27 | Residential homes will face losing some of their fees and we will have to compensate for this out of our transferred funds ’ . |
| 28 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 29 | It seems that the country which boasts of having more art that any other European country , and thereby justifies having some of the most restrictive laws in Europe to stop the export of works of art , is incapable of looking after this unparalleled wealth . |
| 30 | Once , on a more adventurous day , he began taking some of the furniture apart with a screwdriver he found beside the garden shed , but was caught by his mother and told to put it back the way he had found it before she chased him out of the house . |