Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] [adv prt] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The orthodox visualized themselves cutting through the wire or bringing off some unprecedented bluff at the main gate . |
| 2 | She 'd been so sure he 'd say he was acting on instinct or following up some vague , unsubstantiated rumour — she 'd never anticipated anything so concrete , or so damning . |
| 3 | All are agreed that laying down some ground rules now will improve the prospects for interoperable products in the future . |
| 4 | The primary value of privatizing marketable services and contracting out some of the inputs to the production of non-marketable services is to reduce the monopoly power of bureaus and review committees and provide services at a price known to the representatives of middle-demand groups . |
| 5 | Gavin , with an innocent air , carefully scraped up the worst of the burned shell from the stewpot , but then saw Luch watching ; somehow he found himself dropping the charred scraps into the fire , and ladling out some better meat . |
| 6 | I think that er we are probably some years of and therefore whilst we make indulge our service in the next few moments it each other er we are eventually and then perhaps going through a convenient route er and thrashing out some sort of profit margin . |
| 7 | Cocooned in an ivory tower of antique furniture and unfinished jigsaw puzzles , she spends an inordinate amount of time doing simple things like pouring hot water into a teapot ; then she gets on the telephone to her friends and either hangs up just as they reach the receiver or asks them if they would n't mind coming round to tea and picking up some skate from the fishmonger on the way . |
| 8 | Forms of oratory described by Bloch in Madagascar and Turton for the Mursi of East Africa ( Bloch , 1975 ) , for instance , involve conventions for distancing the speaker and separating out some aspects of meaning from contingent social pressures , without the use of written forms . |
| 9 | He shook his head and made a movement with his hand , as if warding off some invisible threat . |
| 10 | The £25 million cost will be met by raising prices and selling off some of the little-used hostels . |
| 11 | Sir Anthony Barrowclough 's report could , indeed , be viewed in those terms and holding back some of the more sensitive parts would be consistent with the Serious Fraud Office 's efforts to restrain some of the most recent civil court hearings on the affair . |
| 12 | Along with Sir James he found the US much more attractive , taking over and breaking up some fairly hefty US corporations . |
| 13 | Raynor came to a stop outside a thick , low door set into the wall , and stood for a moment looking at it , as if summoning up some inner resolve . |
| 14 | She wants women to pay more attention to their achievement needs , and ends with a celebration of throwing off feminine values , and taking on some masculine ones : giving up ‘ guilt and shame and the tireless self-discipline of women ’ for ‘ magnanimity and generosity and courage ’ ( 1971 : 330 ) . |
| 15 | The aim is to ease the stress of house-buying by giving advice and taking on some of the workload . |
| 16 | Quite recently many corporations have discovered that they were considerably over-insured and that by re-structuring their insurance and taking over some of the risks their costs could be reduced . |
| 17 | The sound retreated , but still it was there , somewhere in the night , as if thrumming along some wire sunk in the ground . |
| 18 | She pictured Jezrael back home after a shift at Nutristem , laughing and ranting over some petty injustice , wry with self-mockery , a crusader with no shield but a vivacity she could n't even see . |
| 19 | So called hotting and joyriding around some of the Oxford Estates with stolen cars has contributed to a massive increase in carcrime . |
| 20 | The display is entitled ‘ Child 's Play ’ and showing off some of the exhibits are ( from left ) : Patricia Flanagan , acting chief executive , Craftworks ; Valerie Wherry , LEDU ; Katie O'Toole , of Katie Blue , Ormeau Avenue , and Freda Robinson , of Arabesque Braids , Knock . |
| 21 | Yes , just widening it and straightening out some of the bends . |
| 22 | Learn everything you ever wanted to know about apples while tasting cider and trying out some scrumptious apple recipes at Priorwood Garden , Roxburghshire on September 29 . |
| 23 | A brochure introducing Afterwards to newcomers and setting out some do 's and don'ts . |