Example sentences of "be a [noun] [to-vb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been a wrench to give some of it up , but you had a choice ; I never had a choice . ’ |
| 2 | There will be a chance to watch some video highlights and to visit the shop , restaurant and bars . |
| 3 | Coming up in the next half hour , there 'll be a chance to win some superb prizes , that 's for horse racing fans , so stay listening for that . |
| 4 | Pupils may be invited to play at being a detective to resolve some mystery , or they might investigate the contents of a seaman 's chest , a collection of craftsman 's tools , or a doctor 's bag , or a lady 's valise , for example to help pupils to build up a picture of the people who used them . |
| 5 | For the most part , the PC 's central processor is used to perform the calculations that end up as pretty pictures on your monitor , but there is a way to take some of the load off the CPU . |
| 6 | In psychological terms , when a speaker of one language learns a second there is a tendency to generalise some of the rules of the first language to the second language ; when these rules conflict with the correct rules for the second language there is interference , sometimes known as L1 interference or mother-tongue interference . |
| 7 | Above all , August is a month to take some time out to relax in the garden and reap the rewards of all the hard work you put in earlier in the season . |
| 8 | Hence , there is a need to use some automated technique for rigorously incorporating new knowledge into the existing knowledge base . |
| 9 | Mortimer shook his head to clear the cobwebs , thinking that here was a chance to see some action . |
| 10 | Like the situation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , it was a struggle to resolve some basic contradictions , i.e. a desire to involve the working class in the control of their own education and a concern to link that education to a process of social and community action . |
| 11 | Later , I felt there was a need to lay some foundations of understanding as to the doctrine of the church and for several months expounded Ephesians under the title : ‘ Build your church , Lord . ’ |