Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] some [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that included the experience of caddying for some of the greats when they came to St Andrews , such as Henry Cotton and Flory Van Donck . |
| 2 | It is thus possible that , just as we are suggesting for some of the other finds at Mycenae , it was taken from Knossos : if so , the implication is that other pieces of statuary and relief carving from Minoan Knossos were also removed — by some Mycenean equivalent of Lord Elgin , perhaps . |
| 3 | He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing . |
| 4 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 5 | Jones had tried to cover his tracks by disposing of some of the apparatus on a rubbish tip . |
| 6 | In the middle years of the 1790s Wordsworth observed what was happening to some of the cottagers and cared about it ; like a good journalist , he called attention to outstanding cases in The Female Vagrant and The Ruined Cottage . |
| 7 | But look at individuals , rather than averages , and you see interesting things happening to some of the peasants ' lives . |
| 8 | The plain fact is that some elements of the social charter would run the risk — indeed , would make it a real possibility — of this country returning to some of the trade union practices that did so much damage during the 1970s . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the company also seemed to be reneging on some of the assurances given to placate Scottish interests during the takeover battle . |
| 10 | In the 1970s , Sir Alec set us laughing at some of the items in the Educational Assessment Program in the state of Michigan : |
| 11 | They have little in common beyond having a membership consisting of some of the states of Europe ( different in each case ) and will be considered separately . |
| 12 | The simplest examples in the passages are the pattern in ( 11 ) - ( 13 ) which consists of the + NJ , the N , the NJ , the N the N and the pattern in ( 10 ) consisting of some in N , some in N ; in both of these the noun ( N ) is the only variable element . |
| 13 | Erm I was looking through some of the books for some of the startling figures and things that happen in world trade . |
| 14 | I 've pulled out a few press cuttings as well whilst I was looking through some of the for this talk . |
| 15 | Well you know , if you spent an afternoon looking through some of the files and what the opportunities were . |
| 16 | I was looking the other day , when I was looking for some of these things . |
| 17 | Celery seeds , I was looking for some of those yesterday . |
| 18 | Erm , I 'm just looking for some with lycra because I like to be able to afford a bit more . |
| 19 | ‘ He may have also been searching for some of Hopkins 's papers ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've denounced facts which are there for all to see in the RAI accounts , and the public prosecutors are looking into some of them . |
| 21 | Instead she decided to wander round the house , looking into some of the hundred rooms that Mrs Medlock had told her about . |
| 22 | He writes : ‘ The faithful transcription of the sound patterns of speech by a fully developed alphabet has freed writing from some of the ambiguities of oral language . |
| 23 | I grew up with the balance and sound of the Vienna Philharmonic in the Grosse Musikvereinsaal , and I must say , listening to some of Furtwängler 's performances recorded there , it still sounds good to me . |
| 24 | There seemed no stopping her and he felt as if he were listening to some of the most important information he had ever heard . |
| 25 | But the Chancellor did show he had been listening to some of industry 's gripes . |
| 26 | And they were wanting to Some of them anyway wanted to join the Portobello branch . |
| 27 | Awkwardly for the government , however , the most sensible measures are the gloomiest : according to some of them , inflation is still rising . |
| 28 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 29 | Thousands of others died each year without telling relatives of their savings , according to some of Britain 's leading financial institutions and businesses . |
| 30 | For example , the first issue of the first edition of Dickens 's A Christmas Carol , according to some of the pundits , has green endpapers , while the second issue has yellow . |