Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [verb] some [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Others do not , but you may want to add some staged encounters along the way . |
2 | Nor is it possible to have a membrane with pores of just the right size to allow in needed substances from outside but not let essential substances escape , if only because the cell may need to retain some small molecules , and admit some larger ones . |
3 | You may need to do some lateral thinking , as savings can not always be related to the size of the cheques you write out each month . |
4 | If he is not used to the concept you may need to do some initial explaining , but , once he understands your expectation , he may turn out far better than he imagined ! |
5 | Namely , he should try to answer some hard questions , one of them being formulated by Arthur C. Clarke himself : ‘ The question is not what shall we do without work — but what do we live for ? ’ |
6 | Entry Requirements : Besides a First or Second Class Honours degree or its equivalent , applicants should have had some prior programming experience . |
7 | ‘ Someone in overall charge of training who should have had some formal training in that field themselves ’ . |
8 | Well , they erm seem to think we should have had some yellow in it for some obscure reason to match the programme , but I do n't know , I thing it would have taken the erm the look off the thing . |
9 | I think She-She must have activated some secret glandular gimmick , to wrap it up quickly . |
10 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
11 | It was so far from her usual style that Charles thought she must have undergone some violent change of personality . |
12 | Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors . |
13 | He must have made some assuaging gesture . |
14 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
15 | They must have done some good ( Cipolla points out that their principles were the same as those of the great 19th-century sanitary reformers such as Sir Edwin Chadwick ) , and yet there seems to be no way of telling from the surviving evidence whether lives were saved as a result . |
16 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
17 | Jenna 's shocked looks must have reached some deep core of humility in Ned Clarke . |
18 | Scotland was an unhappy country in the late seventeenth century , partly for reasons beyond the control of politicians or merchants ; the climate grew steadily harsher , for these were the worst years of the ‘ little ice age ’ that ran from 1500 to 1850 and must have had some general effect of encouraging emigration from Europe . |
19 | Blanche sensed his dislike must have had some personal grounds . |
20 | So Balder Head must have had some architectural significance or other , although I doubt if anyone in the dale realized it . |
21 | Heather must have had some compelling reason to follow in the direction they led , yet what that reason might be he was no nearer discovering . |
22 | Must have had some bad cider on the lunchtime . |
23 | But it was a considerable enterprise and it must have had some considerable justification . |
24 | TENNIS heart-throb Andre Agassi smashed his way into the last 16 in the US Open yesterday — and won a kiss from movie star Barbra Streisand ( inset ) who must have pulled some special strokes to get past the minders at New York 's Flushing Meadow . |
25 | Stuck 's first collection must have attracted some adverse criticism , for his later collections ( 1708 , 1711 , 1714 ) take more account of the French language and are much more conservative in their key plans . |
26 | Well , anyway , you must have taken some fascinating turns … and I feel I have , too . |
27 | ‘ That must have taken some delicate handling , to get a man at the very top in that secret society . ’ |
28 | But it must have taken some sweet talking from Newman to persuade Mansell 's wife Rosanne to agree . |
29 | The Irish must have taken some droll amusement out of the sights and sounds of New Zealand rugby being in a hyped-up state during their tour — and with not all the impact coming from the tour matches . |
30 | The man smiled at the girl and must have passed some friendly remark , for she looked at him agreeably before returning to her inspection of the petticoats . |