Example sentences of "to be [verb] some " 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 | Criminals are n't too bothered about the er problems they cause victims in the commission for their crime , but er as a general rule er they do draw a line somewhere , but I think to er rob a lady who is er presumably grieving over the loss of a relative , at the graveside , has got to be plumbing some new depth of er depravity and er I 'll expect the erm vast majority of the citizens of Banbury will think similarly . |
| 3 | ‘ I must say , ’ said Elinor , sipping a gin and tonic , ‘ you seem to be getting some good vibes . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ONCE UPON A TIME the Universities had representatives in parliament ; it is only now through the Conference of University Convocations and Graduate Associations ( CUCGA , a national body in which Salford has a high profile , that works to protect and enhance higher education ) that we seem to be getting some clout back . |
| 6 | Ah , but you 're going to be getting some extra police officers by taking them off er , paperwork , er you 're gon na get two thousand three hundred I see in the press , well that as shown , that of course will be twenty three , but if anybody here thinks the Chief Constable 's gon na produce twenty three new police officers through reductions in paperwork and through the other initiatives the Home Secretary has announced , well I do n't believe them , and we shall have to wait and see . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A forty one , that 's the road between Banbury and Bicester , there are temporary traffic lights for resurfacing work , that 's just between the Soldern turn-off by the Bear public house and the Northants border , that 's going to be causing some long delays . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Choice of topic to be studied Some of the reasons why researchers choose their topics have been discussed on p. 11 , and this issue is considered at greater length in chapter 6 . |
| 11 | I do n't even know you , so I 'm hardly likely to be harbouring some secret grudge against you ! ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Lady Roscarrock seemed to be containing some inner pressure that was about to erupt . |
| 14 | The Great Spirit … seemed to be looking some other way , and did not see what was being done to my people . |
| 15 | A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning . |
| 16 | Rod Wallace appears to be producing some good performances although he 's not putting all his chances away — those misses in the first half on Saturday would probably be crucial against a good side . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ If the players are to be given some incentive , they really have to get the North going as it was . |
| 19 | When he asks to be given some of the soup , Jacob seizes the opportunity , and exchanges a bowl of it for Esau 's privileges as the firstborn . |
| 20 | It was customary in those days for the ablest students to be given some responsibility for teaching the younger pupils . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In fact , the legal force of any particular rule depends partly on the source of its authority ( essentially , whether it is supported by statute or not ) ; partly on the way it is drafted ( rules which are drafted in precise technical language are more likely to be given some legal force than are rules drafted loosely and non-technically ) ; and partly on its contents . |
| 24 | Though this may be the case , it would be helpful to be given some idea of the potential cost-benefits and disadvantages . |
| 25 | For that to happen , students have to be given some space in which to develop intellectually in their own way . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | to allow the considerations for and provisions of the emergent Structure Plan Review , insofar as they had status , to be given some , but no overriding , value in the consideration of the merits of this appeal . |
| 28 | That is when you ought perhaps to be encouraging some running . |
| 29 | However , if the unit is to be sited some considerable distance from the water supply , it may need to be thicker to prevent excessive voltage drop — loudspeaker wire , for example . |
| 30 | 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 . |