Example sentences of "it [verb] some [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research also suggests it discourages some people from re-offending . |
| 2 | It visits some people never . |
| 3 | And then , what they were wanting to get across , Hang on then , the reason why it 's put there is that most people are , are now acutely conscious of , of having too much fat , too much milk , too much this , that and the other , and it , and it grabs some people and it 's a legitimate way in . |
| 4 | Although PRO wo n't confirm that it paid some $600,000 for the suite ( UX No 406 ) , the decision to plump for 88open 's testing technology was thought to be purely financial : ‘ we could n't afford to spend that kind of money developing our own alternative , so we bought in . ’ |
| 5 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 6 | It takes some people a time to realise that the inside facelets are never seen , to see that all the faces can turn and that there are several distinct types of pieces . |
| 7 | ‘ Awful how it takes some people . ’ |
| 8 | The uprating deals with the expenditure of the largest Government Department — it spent some £60 billion this year . |
| 9 | All fish that actually have a swimbladder , are prone to this disorder , but it seems some species particularly the fancy varieties of ornamental fish are especially at risk , in particular goldfish . |
| 10 | A spokesman said : ‘ We have been told to expect anti-apartheid action and although the ANC requested no such protests for this tour , it seems some people seem determined to carry on anyway . |
| 11 | I think it inhibits some people but she will explain . |
| 12 | ( De Wilde is also quietly vocal ; I know it annoys some people . ) |
| 13 | It annoys some people — David is one of them . ’ |
| 14 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 15 | Elsag Bailey SpA has acquired Ferranti International Controls Inc of Houston , and according to the Financial Times , Ferranti International Plc is in process of getting out of the US , where it does some $100m a year , some 25% of the total , and employs about 1,000 people : it is winding up a Pennsylvania company , Ferranti International Simulation & Training and will sell the rest . |
| 16 | With its direct start , it provides some 210m of varied climbing on perfect , blocky granite . |
| 17 | His assurances that it was still possible to declare war and survive were appreciated most of all by the ‘ military-industrial complex ’ — the Pentagon , the RAND Corporation ( for which Kahn 's research was done ) and the thriving weapons industry , Deterrence always had and will have one decisive advantage over Disarmament as a policy : it makes some people a fortune . |