Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By March 5 troops loyal to Saddam Hussein appeared to be achieving some success against the rebels . |
| 2 | Christian Hosoi , who was meant to be getting some sort of subsidiary company through Vision , is now working to get a sub-company set up through H Street : this will eventually be similar to Chris Miller 's Planet Earth . |
| 3 | Although Clinton continued to enjoy a consistent lead in the opinion polls , by the end of October the gap between the two candidates appeared to have closed sufficiently to be causing some alarm in the Democratic camp . |
| 4 | Also it 's down to two lanes running in both directions between junctions five and seven , that 's between Stokenchurch and Thame , and er on the A forty one the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights , that 's between the Soldern turnoff by the Bear public house and Northampshire border , that 's going to be causing some delays . |
| 5 | A gantry traffic light will be installed above the centre of the road , hand railing will provide additional protection for pedestrians , and the bus stop outside Milroy Walk is likely to be moved some metres south and recessed into the wide pavement . |
| 6 | A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning . |
| 7 | Since then , there have been about half a dozen glitzy launches — featuring among others , the Home Secretary grinning into the television cameras , telling us that something was going to be done some time . |
| 8 | Though this may be the case , it would be helpful to be given some idea of the potential cost-benefits and disadvantages . |
| 9 | For that to happen , students have to be given some space in which to develop intellectually in their own way . |
| 10 | The school , of course , had existed for some years now , ever since the Factory Act which her father could not mention without turning purple , had thought it advisable for factory children to be given some education , feeling that an hour or two a week per child , perhaps , of reading , writing and arithmetic , would not go amiss . |
| 11 | It was customary in those days for the ablest students to be given some responsibility for teaching the younger pupils . |
| 12 | Later on in my undergraduate career I was lucky enough to be given some teaching by Dr Douglas Ross , consultant in Glasgow , and had personal experience of the efficacy of homoeopathy when he cured the gingivitis ( inflammation of the gums ) which had been plaguing me for three weeks with a homoeopathic preparation of mercury . |
| 13 | ‘ If the players are to be given some incentive , they really have to get the North going as it was . |
| 14 | Many , of course , are not , and that would seem to increase the need for the advantaged children to be given some understanding of the harsh world in which many other children have to live . |
| 15 | That is when you ought perhaps to be encouraging some running . |
| 16 | In the passages to which I have referred I understand Lord Reading C.J. to be predicating some measure of compulsion in addition to the unlawful demand before recovery is available . |
| 17 | For Christian Aid to be involved some elements of Christian Aid 's normal programme of work would need to be included : |
| 18 | A spokesman said about one-third of the sewage load from the town is due to be diverted some time this year to a new treatment plant . |
| 19 | Money for use today can be bought in exchange for money to be repaid some time in the future . |
| 20 | Werewolf seemed to be conducting some sort of slaughter out there . |
| 21 | In another measure , the Government extended the Landlord and Tenant Act protection to the licensed trade but they would not bring it in immediately — it had to be implemented some time in the future . |
| 22 | She knew that she ought to be paying some attention to the rest of the class but she was altogether too excited to let the matter rest . |
| 23 | Nottingham Forest are planning a £500,000 bid for the big Ballyclare man ; expect it to be tabled some time next week . |
| 24 | His eyes glinted through the black lashes and for a moment he seemed to be offering some sort of olive branch . |
| 25 | On page six of our agenda there are congress organization motions which clearly need to be discussed some time during this congress because they concern rule amendments , and if they do fall off the agenda because debate is long on the other things , I really do believe they should take priority because we wo n't be raising them for another three years . |
| 26 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 27 | At that time , as George Orwell reflected , the campaign appeared to be exerting some impact upon British politics for , ‘ In England the Popular Front is only an idea , but it has already produced the nauseous spectacle of bishops , Communists , cocoa-magnates , publishers , duchesses and Labour MPs marching arm-in-arm to the tune of ‘ Rule Brittania ’ . |
| 28 | Last night 's vote and the subsequent meeting , to be held some time next month , is bound to re-fuel the huge controversy that resulted from Gower 's non-selection behind South African rebel Mike Gatting . |
| 29 | He then brought up the £8000 to £8,000 by steering clear of the OTC , and the vicar was ecstatic that at last he seemed to be making some money . |
| 30 | It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution . |