Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There should be a period of calm to allow some of the earlier changes , most of which I support , to bed in , ’ he added . |
| 2 | On I T V , I make , I make the erm soup sort of peppery have some |
| 3 | Minneapolis-based cable assemblies maker Nortech Systems Inc signed a letter of intent to acquire some assets of Custom Computer Cable Inc , a contract manufacturing and data communications company based in Eden Prairie , Minnesota : terms of the pact were not disclosed . |
| 4 | VAX/VMS systems management house , Maryland-based , Raxco Inc , has signed a letter of intent to acquire some of the Unix software of its neighbour , Virginia-based Systems Centre Inc . |
| 5 | Section 18 requires proof of a further state of mind : " with intent to do some GBH " . |
| 6 | In s.18 the prosecution must prove that the accused acted with intent to do some GBH or resist arrest or prevent apprehension or detainer . |
| 7 | It stars former Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp , who struggles in vain to inject some humour into this dreary film . |
| 8 | ‘ It self-seeds ’ could soon become a warning note , striking as much fear into gardeners hearts as ‘ It propagates easily from root cuttings ’ does to anyone who has tried in vain to remove some acanthus or bindweed from a flower bed . |
| 9 | Thus , the fragmented structure of The Green House , which changes in form , style , time , place and protagonists every few pages , conveys an image of Peru as a disunited nation , divided by geography , levels of development , culture , race and class , and of the world as a chaotic labyrinth in which disoriented individuals struggle in vain to find some coherence . |
| 10 | BNFL and the nuclear industry in general received some strong backing in two recent publications — and from the pen of two influential people . |
| 11 | Both parties seemed to feel little obligation to fly the flag in their most barren areas , with the Democrats in particular gaining some reward from the careful husbandry of their more slender resources . |
| 12 | Getting ready helped to restore her calm and , in any case , she felt she owed it to Marguerite to make some effort on this first evening at her house . |
| 13 | But with the United Nations anticipating the need for one thousand tonnes of food a day , any aid may come to late to prevent some people from starving . |
| 14 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 15 | quite away beyond just trading standards issues to cover for example , things like fund control , matters are concerned with the district council and er environmental issues erm and I am able to anxious to get some views from authorities including the County Council so that it can form a debate and discussion with central government about possible wa , was forward . |
| 16 | It is perhaps a little too easily accepted by most commentators that because of the desire of the population at large to receive some immediate economic benefit from having won the war there was no alternative to seeking an American loan . |