Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 2 | This is usually accomplished by calling the maker to identify his signature , handwriting or confirm in some other way that he created the document . |
| 3 | He stepped forward and retreated at the little garden gate as though rebuffed by some force field or buffeted by some invisible gale which had no effect on the branches of the little trees and evergreens in the front gardens of the cottages . |
| 4 | This compact volume offers great flexibility and whether used as the basis for a year 's study or recommended for some last minute cramming , the student will derive benefit from it . |
| 5 | The ones who leave to go to college or to live in some kind of hostel attached to a place of work , will eventually be embraced into an active social life by their peers . |
| 6 | In which case are Upehull and Upsall related , the ‘ s ’ having been introduced by scribal error or misreading at some stage , or is the later form a name given to a family coming originally from Uppsala in Sweden ? |
| 7 | Many of those at the foot of the scale , whose substance was equalled by that of superior labourers , must have occupied very small holdings , and had to eke out a livelihood with occasional labouring or working at some by-employment ; they have aptly been termed ‘ cottage farmers ’ . |
| 8 | Media people , people from the advertising company Andy has just left , a few politicians — mostly Tory or Social Democrats though there are a couple of Labour guys — bankers , lawyers , business advisers , investment experts , actors , TV people — at least one film crew , though their lights are switched off for now — various other city types , a scattering of people who are , well , just professionally famous , and the remainder seemingly either part of some enormous floating meta-party or hired from some agency to impersonate people having a whale of a time : Rent-a-Hoot or something similar . |
| 9 | Dividends may be sent by post , held for collection or paid in some other way ( r 11.6(4) ) . |
| 10 | Competition for this prize is based on submission of an essay , paper or review on some aspect of analytical spectroscopy suitable for publication in the RSC 's Analytical Proceedings . |
| 11 | The fewer women slashed from jaw to groin , the fewer men with their throats cut , hanging in a garret or swinging from some beam under a bridge . |
| 12 | John was not universally popular with his new colleagues any more than he had been at the Wells ; his ambition aroused suspicion , scorn , envy or fear in some , and his sense of fun ( including a rather observant line in mimicry ) left barbs in some of its victims . |
| 13 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 14 | Most will stay on for an extra year at school or go into some form of further training . |
| 15 | It may , as in the early law of many societies , be no more than that an authoritative list or text of the rules is to be found in a written document or carved on some public monument … |
| 16 | Mr Connolly said he had written to Mr Clarke saying he very much hoped Labour 's commitment to the retention of water services under local government control extended to returning those services to councils ‘ in the unhappy event of any form of privatisation or transfer to some hybrid organisation ’ . |
| 17 | This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges . |
| 18 | This reimbursement may be either at cost or according to some laid-down scale or negotiated scale of charges . |
| 19 | Under this model residents can seek treatment anywhere and their home authority is obliged to reimburse the providing authority , either at cost or according to some laid-down scale of charges . [ … ] |
| 20 | Those contents that remained were either plundered by the aparatchiks of the new regime or dumped in some local museum . |
| 21 | Though generally they are only out by one grade , that can be make or break for some . |
| 22 | They do not spring from a vacuum or according to some arbitrary whim of the people and legislators , but have their origins in the human need to control and order existence . |
| 23 | With more rain forecast organisers are advising anyone planning to visit tomorrow to wear appropraite footwear or come in some foot friendly transport . |
| 24 | However , a supply of such posters has proved hard to locate so Trevor would be delighted to hear from any supplier or reader who might be able to suggest a source or help in some way . |