Example sentences of "he be [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He is holding some back . ’
2 He is pinning some hope on a cabinet reshuffle .
3 But he is accorded some sort of grudging acceptance by ‘ James , the brother of the Lord ’ , who dispatches him to Tarsus , to preach there .
4 Was it too much to ask that he be allowed some privacy in his life ?
5 ‘ I do n't mind if he 's getting some fun out of it .
6 He 's contracted some virus and is half off his head with delirium while the doctors are fighting like mad to find out what it is . ’
7 Insp Steve Clapham , of Chester Police said : ‘ He 's poured some substance on himself and set fire to it .
8 Auntie May , though , said there 's only a quartet , and after he 's done some solo pieces he 's playing with them .
9 But Elvis was going through a very fat period , and I thought , ‘ Well , I 'll wait until he 's lost some weight , ’ because my childhood image was of a real animal of a person .
10 He 's doing some kind of business .
11 John , John Venables , who is the science correspondents for Radio Cambridge , and as I say who also runs his own media training sessions ; Julian Dunn , who is Senior News Reporter for Radio Cambridge , so I hope he 's going to kneecap a few of you and make life fairly uncomfortable when he 's doing some trial interviews , and Lloyd Addison , who 's a freelance from Radio Norfolk .
12 I just took his overalls in , he 's doing some painting he says he 's finishing the .
13 And from is quite a he 's doing some research into him and who comes form you know these people .
14 He 's been jogging , he 's doing some footballing
15 I shall certainly stop him inheriting until he 's learned some sense .
16 He 's making some money though .
17 Nevertheless , by posing questions rather than serving up morals , he 's caught some flak from simple-minded gay critics .
18 He 's caught some bug and has to stay in bed , ’ said Pete .
19 He 's attracting some attention .
20 He 's having some dinner in the , they eat , they eat the thing in the flowers it 's all like sweet sauce .
21 He was seeing some woman , like mother said . ’
22 He looked as if he was reciting some charm to ward off evil spirits .
23 Instinct told him he was passing some kind of test .
24 Jack took the piece of paper , his gaze not leaving Chrissie 's , as if he was seeking some confirmation that the note was harmless .
25 Meanwhile there was Keelan Lambert with whom he was developing some hind of tentative relationship .
26 He was wearing some kind of rock ‘ n ’ roll suit , the sort of thing that Jerry Lee Lewis might have worn — or more likely the duds you 'd see on a young country buck in one of those dreadful fifties US musicals like Carousel or County Fair .
27 He was wearing some sort of outlandish costume and his lips were rouged .
28 He was wearing some sort of brown caftan .
29 She goes when she was born either he was chewing some chewing gum and it fell out and it went ins caught in your mum 's prinny and it glued it together See you tomorrow dudes .
30 His pale , brilliant eyes on her face , as if he was expecting some reaction , he said deliberately , ‘ I own Ca ’ del Leone . ’
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