Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 2 | Even if , in the end , we have to agree to differ on some matters , grievances should be discussed , not camouflaged . |
| 3 | Of course , for early EDI users , getting two computers , one 's own and one belonging to a trading partner , to talk to one another , was quite enough of a challenge , without worrying about other people you and your partners might want to communicate with some time in the future . |
| 4 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 5 | Then I got to work with some hard green soap I 'd found beside the sink , washed my make-up off as best I could , examined my face by the light of the torch in the little mirror hanging there , then tucked myself in . |
| 6 | ‘ She has to go for some more treatment , ’ Jack Foley said . |
| 7 | The trial was expected to continue for some time and it was widely believed that evidence would be given which would incriminate politicians still active . |
| 8 | Captain Mark Phillips had been expected to remain for some time in his cottage on the estate , where he has lived since the marriage broke up three years ago . |
| 9 | ‘ Now that I 'm earning again , I want to invest in some good quality , classic outfits , ’ said Pamela , whose standard work clothes were drab navy skirts teamed with various coloured blouses . |
| 10 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |
| 11 | When you join the Royal Air Force you expect to work on some of the world 's deadliest aircraft , Jaguar Fighters , and harriers , but there 's another side to aviation . |
| 12 | Every advertisement has to appear in some advertising medium or other , even if it is only a roadside sign or a newsagent 's window . |
| 13 | Past changes in both relative equity and gilt prices have a negative influence on future expectations although interest differentials ( RATE ) are expected to persist for some time . |
| 14 | I do not intend to list all the normal things Excel can do — just take it for granted that you will be able to set up a spreadsheet to calculate whatever you want to — but I want to concentrate on some of the features that will certainly save time , effort , and head scratching . |
| 15 | And , as soon as the consumer has to juggle with changes in the period of the agreement as well , he also has to juggle with some paradoxes . |
| 16 | First , I want to comment on some features of the hereditary mechanism which may prove to be characteristic of all living things , whether on this planet or elsewhere in the universe . |
| 17 | If anyone wants to come from some other way then he does not belong to us . ’ |
| 18 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 19 | Josie tried to reach for some killer of an argument , a real zinger that she could pull out of the air and use to disarm all opposition . |
| 20 | She was frightened that Phoebe would respond to this news with excessive enthusiasm , congratulate her , want to celebrate in some humiliating way , even ring her friends and tell them . |
| 21 | She had the awful feeling she was expected to behave in some glittering , unusual way to live up to her father 's memory . |
| 22 | Now I want to look at some properties . |
| 23 | I want to look at some general features of the 28 projects that we are studying . |
| 24 | Erm do n't know if you want to look at some on the paper , have a look at some in the paper and see how you do on those . |
| 25 | Here I want to focus on some examples from recent textbooks for O level and CSE courses . |
| 26 | I hesitated for a moment on the stairs , turned round and tried to look at some of them , to see if there was a familiar face , a suspicious or suspecting face , a face I could place , a face that could … |
| 27 | The performances are certainly very competent , but this is n't quite the vintage Kantorov we 've come to expect from some of his later Denon recordings ; a degree of blandness gives the playing a slightly ‘ automatic ’ quality . |
| 28 | The faculty now needs to embark on some vigorous self-promotion to convince the sceptics in Nairobi ( and regrettably some of its own staff ) about the virtues of its programme . |
| 29 | In general , the baby 's wishes had tended in the past to be suspect , and the mother had been expected to look for some non-permissible motive behind them , in the form either of dangerous ( probably erotic ) impulses or of a rebellious determination to dominate the mother-in either case , constant control of the child was called for , and only the baby who had submitted himself completely to the mother 's control could be called a good baby . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to put in some shells and seaweed first . ’ |