Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Developed from the Laser 28 , the RF290 has been notching up some impressive results , winning at least three class 1sts in the Hamble Winter Series . |
| 2 | We 've been picking up some bad vibes on that guy . |
| 3 | One in three credit buyers have still been paying off some previous transaction with the same lender when they have arranged their most recent significant credit purchase . |
| 4 | Whereas two out of three people aged between 18 and 34 are paying off some current credit commitment , fewer than one in five pensioners are . |
| 5 | They do not believe you ; they think that you are holding back some secret clue that would make it all plain . |
| 6 | They have to take account not only of local white vested interests , but , more importantly , of foreign and multinational capital which controls a substantial proportion of its industries , though the government has been buying out some foreign , especially South African , firms . |
| 7 | When I came back to the world of RAM and ROM , my subconscious had apparently been connecting up some loose neurons , and everything fell into place . |
| 8 | By now we were careering round some Kentish country lanes near Swanley . |
| 9 | Hell , the first time we met you were bringing in some by-hand-of-bearer letter telling us we were trying to depose the monarchy devalue the pound and make the natives play baseball instead of cricket . |
| 10 | There were several chests and one great press , and on the tables were laid out some unfinished drawings and a litter of instruments . |
| 11 | In the same year , most of the county councils within the Severn-Trent region were carrying out some agricultural land-drainage work , and private farmers , even without drainage grants , were bringing in dredging machinery on rivers , to get water off their land . |
| 12 | They were on Factory , they were churning out some debonair guitar pop in the form of ‘ Brighter ’ and ‘ A Gentle Sound ’ and they were liked . |
| 13 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 14 | Always a champion of monogamy , she is cooking up some fancy new diseases . |
| 15 | Consider this brief passage , from an essay by a non-native speaker ( numbers have been added to identify sentences ) : [ 1 ] One of the functions of a literary work is to pass on some crucial truths or information , give some didactic indications , or convince the reader of some general laws . |
| 16 | While Chorus is signing up some impressive allies , including the Santa Cruz Operation , Tandem , ICL and Inmos , Carnegie-Mellon 's Mach has found favour with the US defense industry . |
| 17 | Whining farting howling erm he came in at half past five and er overnight again she 's got two carloads there so it was just the same till gone eleven anyway when Mick came in I said to him what did that bloke say and he said he 's looking out some different equipment to what he |
| 18 | In suggesting ways in which the shifting structures of repetition and difference can be traced , what it has attempted to do is to open up some new contexts , both theoretical and institutional , in which texts and genres can be thought , and to reopen some old points of difficulty which still serve as sticking-points against the slide into accommodation . |
| 19 | Downstream , the Bartensham section is turning up some good roach . |
| 20 | Apart from this , the 1994 budget 's main feature is to put off some hard decisions on weapons-procurement . |
| 21 | Sir Derek 's preference is to bring in some friendly Continental company such as Daimler-Benz of West Germany as a substantial minority shareholder , leaving Ferranti with a share quote and at least a semblance of independence . |
| 22 | Whilst a patent will be refused for a computer program simpliciter ( or any of the other exceptions in section 1(2) for that matter ) it will be allowed if the purpose of the program is to bring about some practical effect and it is that effect which is the subject matter of the patent application . |
| 23 | They also observe systems in which there is only one visible star that is orbiting around some unseen companion . |
| 24 | Fortunately for me , some of my friends and relations like something a bit more unusual , so I have been working out some new ideas for this year for those ‘ champagne ’ garments on a ‘ lemonade ’ income . |
| 25 | ‘ I was helping out some old friends from my Women 's Group today , that was all . |
| 26 | The woman called Roe was putting up some black material at the front window . |
| 27 | His girlfriend was chatting up some big-shot drama critic at the time as well . |
| 28 | The idea was to bring in some big names : two we had in mind were Eliot and Leavis . |