Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe the two are mixed up some way or another . |
| 2 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 3 | But these people had been shot down some months ago and as the Feldwebel had told me that this was only a transit camp I knew that I was not likely to meet them here . |
| 4 | You are more independent , you 're contributing , not only helping and doing in the home but you 're bringing in some money as well . |
| 5 | Special recruitment drives have been organised , " model agreements " governing when and under what conditions temporary workers might be used , and " casual workers " charters ' have been drawn up Some unions , notably the electricians , have gone further , establishing local registers of ( otherwise ) unemployed members from which employers have to draw when filling the temporary positions enterprise level agreements have permitted them to create . |
| 6 | It was from Jimmy that she heard the worrying news that Vasey 's had recently been bought out some months ago by the giant Massingham Engineering . |
| 7 | She was on her own : Dr Neil had been called out some time ago to attend a woman in childbirth , and Matey had gone to visit an old friend in St John 's Wood , and she was the sole mistress of the doctor 's house in Vetch Street . |
| 8 | In France the direction des consulats et des affaires commerciales which had been set up some years earlier was reorganised in 1882 . |
| 9 | He seemed to be poring over some papers and the room itself appeared to be tidier than when he had visited it earlier . |
| 10 | We recognised through that review that to train all those people to do the work we would have to use the officers specialist inspectors and therefore those specialist inspectors would be carrying out less inspections during this year because they 'd actually be carrying out some training . |
| 11 | They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair . |
| 12 | Well , we shall certainly be setting up some projects , but we would hope to use small-scale projects which are perhaps already underway in different local authorities . |
| 13 | This is as well as ‘ an attempt at mind regression ’ and Vic and Bob 's appearance as alter-egos , Donald and Davey Stott , who this weekend will be trying out some magic . |
| 14 | But his solicitor Geoff Cardwell said Thompson had been worried about a man who had been carrying out some work for his ex-wife . |
| 15 | On looking more closely , we discovered that in one corner of the house , where the Electricity Authority had been carrying out some repair work , the pipe insulation had n't been replaced . |
| 16 | There is a suspicion — no more than that — of which I have no clear evidence , that blanket decisions are taken on some applications . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Erm , and at the moment we are carrying out some studies which er are nearing completion , to decided exactly what the R A F's future requirements are for tactical reconnaissance . |
| 19 | The interviews were carried out some time after the abuse had been established , so that while all had been on the child abuse register only half were still on the register when interviewed . |
| 20 | The tests were carried out some years previously under Soviet rule . |
| 21 | No one was hurt , though several climbers were involved in the slide in Coire an Lochain , with one being carried down some 400ft . |
| 22 | ‘ I heard they were selling off some cottages on the Woburn Estate , ’ said Crawford shortly afterwards ‘ I thought that would be great . |
| 23 | A Spaniard and an Englishman were arguing over some duty , when the Englishman headbutted the Spaniard between the eyes ; as the latter stepped backwards clutching his face , the Briton executed a curious hopping movement as he placed both his hands behind the Spaniard 's head and wrenched it down to meet his upcoming knee . |
| 24 | If the UN were to take over some government functions , the bill might rise to $10m a month . |
| 25 | It had one of the best acoustic sound-dubbing rooms in Europe — they 'd been fitted out some time in the thirties to be used for putting soundtracks on to movies . |
| 26 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 27 | ‘ What I want you to do is to find out some information from another solicitor . ’ |
| 28 | A man is passing round some morsels of raw heart and liver . |
| 29 | We go straight down and straight back and the only thing we stop for is to pick up some women at Beni Suef ! ’ |
| 30 | He 's rigged up some sort of snowplough behind a horse . ’ |