Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun pl] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The specimens you were so good as to send to me by Captain Lyon would have been a treasure had they arrived safe ; but his ship was taken by the French , so those were all lost , which is a great misfortune at this time , when they would have been of great service to me , in ascertaining the names of some plants which remain doubtful . |
| 2 | In these instances the problems of balance are avoided and the emphasis becomes an awareness of matching the blocks in some way , and the need to encourage the development of relevant vocabulary is all the more pressing . |
| 3 | The research also involved collecting and reporting the views of some students at Ashdown . |
| 4 | Opening trick : stop nail polish bottle tops from sticking by smearing the grooves with some Vaseline . |
| 5 | Halfway through our policy discussions in preparation for the citizens charter and the Bill , he obtained a leaked document containing the views of some officials . |
| 6 | He was once accused of racism for saying the claims of some Tamils seeking asylum were ‘ manifestly bogus . ’ |
| 7 | It was like recognizing the germs of some disease under a microscope . |
| 8 | Rostovtsev proposed reform in three stages : legislating to prevent landowners from abusing their current powers ; turning serfs into Free Agriculturalists or Obligated Peasants ; and completely emancipating the peasants at some point in the distant future . |
| 9 | Erm but we will try and reverse that and er erm one particular parent from House er who is a member of this council has er certainly been following the events with some interest . |