Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French education system has had many of the features now introduced into the British system for more than a century and studying them may shed some light on future possibilities for schooling in this country . |
| 2 | I mean I know there 's always an argument , especially here in Oxford , that people just come , look round the colleges and they 're gone again , but having said that some of them must spend some money . |
| 3 | yeah but having said that erm that was something I wanted to ask you about because I mean both , both of them might need some money for higher education so , whilst I 'd like to put that sum money on one side , I 'd also possibly , you know if the need arose , would like to use it myself if I needed to for , for higher education . |
| 4 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 5 | The dog which the eleventh legion would have taken with them would need some herding instinct , be fleet of foot and be powerful enough to guard the herd against wolf or bear . |
| 6 | In fact , they may enable some people to play who may not otherwise be able to do so . |
| 7 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 8 | They may draw some comfort from a survey revealing recession-hit parents are still prepared to spend out on youngsters . |
| 9 | Even if they are not inhibited from applying for special treatment they may suffer some loss of self-respect in receiving the service free . |
| 10 | This consists of small beads ( a litre has an R.R.P. of £13.95 — 21 and 51 also available ) Which must be washed ( when they may generate some heat ) then placed in one of the last sections of the filter . |
| 11 | No books or videos are likely to be totally adequate to prepare one , for example , for the first day at ‘ big ’ school , but they may provide some insights and ‘ structures ’ so that the experience is not overwhelming . |
| 12 | The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all . |
| 13 | The charges are not intended as a pollution tax per se , although the NRA acknowledges that they may cause some businesses to review polluting activities . |
| 14 | Further north they may need some protection to establish and thrive . |
| 15 | Inevitably , doubts have been expressed about the credibility of such statements , but they may have some significance nonetheless . |
| 16 | Many humans have taken ‘ objects ’ , that is , in this case , people , of the same sex , and although they may have some experience of heterosexual intercourse , they may prefer and may frequently perform homosexual acts . |
| 17 | The experiential approach therefore tries to get pupils in communication with the depths in themselves so that they may have some idea of what that is like for other people , as well as helping them to be more truly " present " in what they are studying . |
| 18 | Differential ownership of mechanical aids , and differences in the possession of amenities , may affect the way housework is done , and they may have some influence on attitudes to work tasks , but they do not appear to affect satisfaction with work . |
| 19 | The conclusion on predators is therefore that they have minimal effects on small mammal populations when numbers are high , that they have no braking effect when numbers are increasing , that they may have some effect when numbers are declining , but their major effect is when numbers are low , when they may also delay the recovery phase of the population cycle ( Southern , 1979 ) . |
| 20 | Students have the opportunity to develop areas of interest with which they may have some familiarity from secondary education but they will also experience new attitudes , techniques , materials and concepts . |
| 21 | Whether they love it or hate it , they ought to acquire some knowledge of it . |
| 22 | Yes I I do I think the bank 's big mistake is their obsession with security cover erm and I think they ought to develop some expertise in judgement of people 's management and entrepreneurial abilities . |
| 23 | In winter they earn next to nothing , few of them having in their youth learnt to knit and spin ; and if in summer they are able to go to harvest work , they must pay some person a shilling a week out of their earnings for looking after their children . |
| 24 | They must provide some land and factory buildings . |
| 25 | Firstly , they must have some backbone to sustain pole position after more than three months without a clean sheet — Boxing Day was Bryan Gunn 's first since September 19 . |
| 26 | In order for them to find the blood vessels they must have some way of sniffing out nutrition , or fleeing from the products of metabolism . |
| 27 | The participants clearly are selected , they can not be random , and they must have some knowledge of the topic to be discussed . |
| 28 | Surely they must have some doubts , made some mental reservations to the creed they so confidently recited morning and night . |
| 29 | ‘ They must have some reason for all this , ’ she said uneasily . |
| 30 | Some local authorities , such as Torbay , that have within them a large number of second homes , from which they must derive some income because of the cost incurred in administering that situation , might like greater flexibility — such as that available under the rating and community charge systems . |