Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] be some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may be some time . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm going out and I may be some time … |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm fed up , sick , sick , sick to here with people saying I should be some other way ! |
| 4 | I might be some time . ’ |
| 5 | ' I might be some time . ’ |
| 6 | I 'll be some time several hours . |
| 7 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
| 8 | With the crowd being the most volatile in the Caribbean — rioting held up play for 25 minutes during the Test against India in 1989 -there might be some trouble but only if the West Indies are faring badly , rather than as a result of any anti-South African sentiment . |
| 9 | We had three managers in one day , which must be some sort of record . |
| 10 | Mutis ' volumes began to come out only in 1954 , which must be some kind of record ; in this case the explanation was the various political vicissitudes of the century and a half following his death . |
| 11 | Some brands of biscuits are made with wholemeal flour or oats and slightly less sugar , which might be some improvement on your usual brand . |
| 12 | The value of the trait ( which might be some such quantitative variable as size ) is measured in the offspring and their parents : if the values are correlated then ( provided that the offspring have not been reared in a similar environment to their parents ) the trait is heritable. ( b ) by artificial selection . |
| 13 | Following a route which will be some 23 km ( 14 miles ) in length , the City Bypass commences at Glasgow Road ( A8 ) immediately west of the bridge over Edinburgh/Aberdeen railway and follows a generally south-easterly alignment terminating at its junction with the Musselburgh Bypass close to Old Craighall . |
| 14 | If you join someone else 's , you must be some kind of sadist . ’ |
| 15 | Anyway , you should be some help to him and he needs it . |
| 16 | ‘ She 'll be some brain-dead clerk somewhere , just an interface that is n't even human any more . |
| 17 | We 're here for two days and I 'm going to present to what to some of you will be some new ideas some new concepts that you 've perhaps never come across before . |
| 18 | The trouble is that some of the very best ‘ independent organic ’ wine-makers ( who can be some of the strictest and most idealistic ) such as Aime Guibert of Mas de Daumas Gassac or Franois Perrin of Chateau Beaucastel ( widely available ) , have chosen not to join any association . |
| 19 | ‘ We may be some time finding Mr Maxwell but we 'll let you know as soon as we do . ’ |
| 20 | mm possible , of course that one could be some way for Jackie 's |
| 21 | In the introduction or other essays there may be some writing which will not date , such as art criticism which documents the personal experience of the writer . |
| 22 | In marketing a sale of rather little-known works , too , there may be some explanatory text . |
| 23 | Remember that there may be some twelve to eighteen places at any one of the drama schools , and the number of auditions may number up to fifteen hundred for the leading schools . |
| 24 | Before starting adaptations to your home , there may be some problems that can be solved by using various pieces of equipment available on the market at the moment . |
| 25 | There may be some justification for the ( insular ) suspicion that when the Emperor is restocking his wardrobe he usually shops in Paris ; but the rashionability or ideas does not or itself constitute an honest argument against them ; indeed , to offer this as one 's main response is to betray intellectual bankruptcy . |
| 26 | But still there may be some wriggling to come . |
| 27 | But there may be some disagreement over the way in which Dr Clarke formulates this . |
| 28 | In fact , there is almost always someone keen to take over a neglected historic building , so when a council serves a repairs notice , or the planning committee sends a warning letter , the owners tend to realise there may be some value in the property and either sell it or repair it themselves . |
| 29 | While there may be some truth in this analysis — a revolution from above — it fails to account for a far deeper malaise in Soviet society : a crisis of morale . |
| 30 | A core group of individuals does seem to stay in association with each other over extended periods , although there may be some coming and going within that time . |