Example sentences of "to be [v-ing] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He appeared to be searching for some key document . |
| 2 | Fred and Sophy , though they were only two and three years younger , and though they had seen mamma in her coffin , seemed to themselves to be looking at some strange show . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the Reston , Virginia-based Visix , which reckons it missed the contract IBM awarded to Neuron Data Inc last week by a whisker , is thought to be looking at some alternative ways of marketing Galaxy , including using the Internet as a vehicle . |
| 4 | I pretended to be looking at some papers when the door opened and Grace Hinkle ushered in a sophisticated-looking female of about twenty-eight . |
| 5 | I personally would prefer us to be looking at some way of allowing greater scope for debate at section conferences , and where necessary to have decisions on general issues deferred to Congress for ratification or withdrawal . |
| 6 | Over these next few weeks I 'd like us to be looking at some of the interviews that Jesus had with various characters , sometimes with an individual , sometimes with a small group of people , and just to see some of the things that we can learn from them . |
| 7 | So I think for next week I 'd like to be looking in some detail , there are two sources on this one is , is and the other is , tho those two are crucial in terms of understanding or , and and that those are crucial in terms of understanding erm why this policy document . |
| 8 | His normally responsive facial expression was firmly controlled ; an Oxford contemporary remembered that for all its serenity an observer seemed ‘ to be gazing upon some great portrait of a face rather than upon a face ’ . |
| 9 | There was a section at the top of Act Two where Joyce is supposed to be auditioning for some American producers . |
| 10 | C-FDFC , C-FTBA and C-FYQS are expected to be flying for some considerable time , as the Freighter 's life is measured in landings , and each of the trio have about 6,000 landings remaining , ensuring their continued employment . |
| 11 | His heart seemed to be beating in some huge dry place an echoing cavern . |
| 12 | Melford , now he had tasted blood , seemed to be revelling in some private joke . |
| 13 | One correspondent notes that , having gone through a period of using much folk music and guitar accompaniment , ‘ this phase seems to be declining in some places ’ . |
| 14 | Yeah , always seem to be going for some er |
| 15 | We really ought to be going to some to truss . |
| 16 | The sum , substantially in excess of estimates by the country 's central bank which had recently estimated borrowing to pay for war costs at around $10,000 million [ see also pp. 37987 ; 38166 ; 38212 ] , was expected to cover current expenditure reported to be running at some $20,000 million . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the company also seemed to be reneging on some of the assurances given to placate Scottish interests during the takeover battle . |
| 18 | ‘ As you will see , the lad appears to be suffering from some sort of alien plague . ’ |
| 19 | If on the basis of the best information the system is seen to be heading for some sort of catastrophe then people not unnaturally lose confidence in it . |
| 20 | In other words I wo n't say it 's non-threatening or does n't have any kind of value judgment behind it because I do n't think that can be true and if anybody is monitoring their classroom practice , it 's got to be threatening in some way , almost inevitably . |
| 21 | But you have to have some level of arousal has to be something pumping round you round your blood your brain has to be working in some way to be able to perform . |
| 22 | Mr Lyle 's neighbours at Beaumanoir contrive , despite its size , to make it seem intimate and domestic by creating the ‘ lived-in look ’ ( which Jane Austen appears to be describing with some scepticism in Persuasion ) : |