Example sentences of "some [n mass] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With bank interest over the years it amounted to some £320,000-certainly enough to meet the Ingard cheque . |
| 2 | Some folk just do n't know what to be at . |
| 3 | Some folk just do n't get a choice . |
| 4 | But do some folk glibly say we 're e every human being is a child of God . |
| 5 | Some folk actually ask the question , ‘ Are plants alive ? ’ |
| 6 | Some 9% still think that no single operating system will dominate . |
| 7 | Mr Smith , who is generally regarded as the clear favourite for the leadership , suggested that the ‘ misrepresentation ’ of Labour 's tax policy might well have caused some people not to support it . |
| 8 | Places that some people somehow seem to pass by , in search of more recently heard of hot spots . |
| 9 | Some people simply have more energy than others , while others decide to put a higher proportion of their energy into their careers . |
| 10 | Kobena Mercer and Isaac Julien are right to emphasize that the complexity which arises at the junction of race and sexuality is something which ‘ some people simply do n't want to talk about ’ . |
| 11 | Some people simply love a fight . |
| 12 | Some people just have , some people will will never have a need for a carrying service . |
| 13 | Some people just do n't want to sell and we can only pay the going rate . |
| 14 | I mean some people just do n't expect you to let them out so they 're dreaming mostly . |
| 15 | Some people just want to be told what to eat . |
| 16 | The Virginia Company had itself produced a subsidiary company which occupied the islands at first known officially as Somers Islands — though when Shakespeare wrote The Tempest some people already called them the Bermoothes , and Bermuda it remained for posterity . |
| 17 | Some people already move house to escape high taxes based on local residence : it would be even easier to change shopping habits to escape higher sales taxes . |
| 18 | " Some people already thought this was going beyond what was fair and suitable . " |
| 19 | They do love sweet stuff such as honey , jam , chocolate , and biscuits , and some people even prepare special badger cakes to proffer to their local clan . |
| 20 | There is no general agreement about schizophrenia 's cause or cure , and some people even dispute that it exists . |
| 21 | Some people even argued that the inquiry system was now seen by the authorities as a way of diverting public opposition away from other channels of protest . |
| 22 | Some people even bought it , and often assumed , wrongly , that the paper was connected with the Rolling Stones . |
| 23 | Some people even refuse to use this part of the E-6000 programming at all , saying that it is no good to them , because they can not understand how a column of figures can relate to a knitted garment . |
| 24 | Some people even appear to like the type , |
| 25 | The quicker you can get around the mast the better , some people even jump , but the main point is that both hands should hold the mast and not the uphaul rope . |
| 26 | Some people even have their personalised radio controlled boats which carry their tackle to the exact position they want . |
| 27 | But after 1688 Parliament under Whig domination tended to restrict rather than enlarge the franchise , and some people even lost their voting rights . |
| 28 | Some people even lie on the board . |
| 29 | Others use the machine while travelling , and some people even see their portable as a status symbol , along with their cellular phone and a well-worn Filofax . |
| 30 | Some people even leave notes on the front door for a delivery man — you might as well put an invitation in the front garden . |