Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] some [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was told by the Chief Constable of the district ( who was accompanied by the Inspector who became the respondent in the appeal ) that a meeting could not be held on the spot , but could be held some 175 yards distant , around the corner . |
| 2 | For example , rubber may be extended some three or four hundred per cent . |
| 3 | Both direct and indirect jobs would be lost some twenty eight thousand in all if the yard were to close . |
| 4 | By the year 2000 , experts believe that airbags will be saving some 9,000 lives per year in the US alone . |
| 5 | 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 . |