Example sentences of "he [verb] some [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 He used some statistics about what has been happening to jobs and businesses recently .
2 This was the final stage of a two-year investigation into the actions of five senators , all but one of them Democrats , who had intervened with regulators on Keating 's behalf at a time when he contributed some $1,300,000 to their campaigns and political causes .
3 He says some people have n't got the cover they 've paid for .
4 ‘ When he brought in wee pillbox hats , I suggested he add some graphics on top . ’
5 He cites some statistics from two recent reports to support his argument :
6 In mitigation Lawrence Hazell , for Muise , said he committed the offence because he owed some people £110 .
7 Claire says she started climbing with her brothers and Allan says he saw some people climbing when he was youth hostelling and thought that 's the sport for me …
8 Declaring himself ‘ deeply troubled ’ by the rise — from 264kgs last year to 392kgs so far this year — he said some people were underestimating the problem because there had not yet been an influx of misusers to drugs clinics .
9 He said some people who found it difficult to pay for relatives ' funerals — due to redundancy or mortgage payments were offered payment by monthly instalments while others who would not or could not pay were pursued to the small claims court .
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