Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | They use it for official purposes and are likely to continue to do so for some considerable while . |
| 2 | Two thirds of teachers claim to have contributed directly to some of their schools ' report , a further quarter have contributed to most of it and 7 per cent to all of it . |
| 3 | Both women and girls appear to have worked underground in some of the Lancashire pits in the eighteenth century but had ceased to do so by 1815 . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you going to stop sitting there like some goddammed statue and fill me in on what 's going on in your head ? ’ |
| 5 | Biting her lip hard to prevent herself screaming at him to stop sitting there like some damned great Buddha she busied herself finding soap powder for the machine , and in her agitation knocked the packet over , spilling powder all over the floor . |