Example sentences of "they [vb base] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this chapter we shall be considering some of these ‘ natural ’ shocks to the system of marriage and asking why they upset some people and are the making of others . |
| 2 | that sort of thing , so they make some things and sell them . |
| 3 | A large number of boys , particularly at the foreclosure stage , are initially attracted to science but there is a drift away throughout later adolescence as they undergo some crisis . |
| 4 | Somebody actually writing in , as somebody did yesterday , because they want to deliver erm some w some elderly ladies want to deliver some goods into an area wh where tr traffic restrictions exist , and they want some help so that they can actually park their car whilst they unload . |
| 5 | They want some bread do n't they ? |
| 6 | They want some kind of ‘ market ’ solution — by which they usually mean spreading losses around to other , unaffected names . |
| 7 | Someone says something particularly stupid in a shop , or you wait half an hour in the British Rail canteen because someone ca n't decide whether they want some fruitcake or not . |
| 8 | But if they do n't , if they break it or that then er they expect some trouble . |
| 9 | Misoprostol or H 2 receptor antagonists may represent an alternative approach as , when used in combination with NSAIDs , they provide some protection against gastric and duodenal damage . |
| 10 | Erm they er as airfields had to be protected they build some pillboxes , country pillboxes for the Home Guard at strategic points |
| 11 | Just as conjectures will be considered bold or otherwise by reference to the relevant background knowledge , so predictions will be judged novel if they involve some phenomenon that does not figure in , or is perhaps explicitly ruled out by , the background knowledge of the time . |
| 12 | ‘ They say some man has given me a disease . |
| 13 | They say some workers were allowed back before a final all-clear had been given and so a second evacuation was necessary . |
| 14 | " It 's only — well , I thought I 'd ask you — how she looked when — I mean they say some people who die like that , they look sort of , their faces … " |
| 15 | If we return , for example , to the case of student protesters , we have already noted that they show some signs of a need for parental surrogates , and certainly they are seldom complete anarchists . |
| 16 | More than three-quarters of those who are currently in post , even where they receive some remuneration , are amateurs in status , and in many cases in training as well , The extent and quality of their musical education is therefore extremely varied . |
| 17 | United 's record is n't a lot to sing about , but they deserve some cheers for the way they keep plugging away and its not always they 're fault . |
| 18 | ‘ People are often complaining about the council but I think this time they deserve some praise . ’ |
| 19 | 7 They put some emphasis on consumer choice . |
| 20 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 21 | Erm , they put some screws in the roof , yeah ? |
| 22 | Everybody has situations that they are inclined to avoid because they provoke some anxiety . |
| 23 | But on top of that if we make less than 22 , say 20 or 21 , they cut some money from our basic pay … |
| 24 | Later they acquire some idea of her motives and of their own . |
| 25 | So they acquire some freedom of choice as to the how , when and where of using the anger of which they have command . |
| 26 | In this course they acquire some understanding of computing ‘ jargon ’ , and experience using packages such as wordprocessors , spreadsheets , databases and graphics . |
| 27 | Here they describe some features of the stylish , colour-themed garden that they conceived and created . |
| 28 | They wriggle , they 're slimey and they give some people the creeps . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , studies about job losses are useful to the extent that they give some flavour of the rate of change associated with the new technology , and they are helpful for any social and economic planning to cope with these changes . |
| 30 | They give some impression of the life and environment of the wealthy and influential but cause one to forget , or overlook , the lives of the majority of people living at a lower level of survival — a majority that probably includes the makers of the art object . |