Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] some [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the war Jordan had been importing some 55,000 barrels a day from Iraq at a fixed price of US$16.40 , well below the market rate . |
| 2 | By the year 2000 , experts believe that airbags will be saving some 9,000 lives per year in the US alone . |
| 3 | Commonwealth champion Hardy will be fighting some 300 miles away from home and the major support will be noisily reserved for local fighting man Billy Schwer , the former British lightweight title holder on his comeback . |
| 4 | They rapidly erected the Clifton ironworks near Glasgow and early in the following year were producing some 600 tons of finished malleable iron products per month . |
| 5 | Pyramid Technology Corp is cutting some 110 jobs , about 10% of the total , and will take a restructuring charge of between $22m and $24m against figures for its fourth quarter ended September 30 . |
| 6 | eat concentrated meals at strict mealtimes ( those bristly jaws are working some 16 hours a day ) ; |
| 7 | She was producing some 100,000 rifles a month ; many more were received from her allies ; and hundreds of thousands of recruits had been enlisted and partly trained . |