Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] some [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Cray is finding it harder and harder to grow its monolithic supercomputers as the world edges towards parallel systems with the view that they will be able to take over many of the tasks presently handled by today 's vector processors , and you ca n't enter an IBM lab these days without stumbling over some kind of parallel processing development project . |
| 3 | In checking to ensure that your employers have striven to strike a fair balance , it could be worth asking whether they have considered drawing up some form of ‘ points table ’ or other grading system , by which the relevant matters can be assessed . |
| 4 | Attempts to have the libel damages overturned have failed , but he 's still holding out some hope of keeping the family home . |
| 5 | He was running off some sort of three-page newsletter under a clenched fist wrapped in barbed wire masthead . |
| 6 | Having reluctantly cleared me of the charge of indulging in orgies with my entire sales force , you seem to have got it into your head that Lexy and I are carrying on some kind of affair . |
| 7 | Unless the translator is carrying out some kind of linguistic exercise , for instance for research purposes , transferring the devices used in the source text into the target text will not do . |
| 8 | The fact of the matter is that in terms of setting up some kind of economic common market , much of the groundwork had already been done . |
| 9 | With still not loosing site of the idea of having a cafe , bar , coffee for people , one of the things that were , that gon na look through and explore explore actually is er setting up some kind of coffee bar facilities at Kingsmoor , the play barn , there next to them . |
| 10 | Q. Can you give me any information on Britain 's common toad as I am interested in raising some tadpoles — presently spawn — from a friend 's pond with a view to setting up some kind of vivarium for housing a mature toad . |
| 11 | Erm probably sett setting up some kind of small industry , erm or co-operatives . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ says Howard , ‘ I think the thing we want to avoid at all costs — I mean , I really feel quite strongly about this — is setting up some kind of Utopia — some kind of over-simplified Arcadia which would n't stretch the imagination of the … ’ |
| 13 | You were going to contact someone in ADSW ( I regret I forget the name ) with regard to the possibility of setting up some form of Communications Group representing all Departments in Scotland that would meet perhaps every quarter or half year . |
| 14 | This is followed by frenzied activity on the part of the band in setting up some sort of show , usually in London with all the expense that that entails , only for the big day to arrive to find that A&R have sent a tea boy ( resplendent in his raincoat ) and not the ‘ man ’ . |
| 15 | He asked me if I was sure I was n't working up some kind of plot against the Threarah and he got awfully angry and suspicious . |