Example sentences of "been [verb] some [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 2 | Over the eighteenth century higher London wages had been driving some manufactures into the country . |
| 3 | When the product selection has been made some options for managing records may have been made impossible by the operating environment or application software . |
| 4 | And she has a hundred and forty and he 's gotten of cans for the his mum and Stewart 's been getting some cans for the shop for his granddad and I 've been asking for permission to go into the dump and get some for there . |
| 5 | She 'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident . |
| 6 | He is therefore likely to have been born some years before 1248 . |
| 7 | It might be possible for people in such circumstances ( perhaps when redundancies have been notified some weeks in advance ) to be supported and perhaps taught techniques to cope with the anxiety and avoid being overpessimistic or ‘ catastrophising ’ ( see next section ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I 've been making some enquiries about nightschools . |
| 9 | He 's been showing some Americans round Oxford this morning — and he 's got a lecture this afternoon , so … |
| 10 | Yeah , I know we went in there last week , cos they had these cards , they got those things with six bugs on them , they 're really ugly looking things , Aaron wanted them , he has n't half been playing some tricks on Gary take them down in front of Gary and that Gary 's aagh |
| 11 | I had been following some seals in bright sunshine , stripped to the waist and taking photographs . |
| 12 | ‘ An institution for the purpose of cultivating this art ( of veterinary medicine ) similar to those which have been established some years in France , Germany , Piedmont , Sweden , Denmark , etc. would afford an exhaustless fund of amusement to independent persons , as well as of precious instruction to all . |