Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [be] some [noun] " 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 might be some time . ’ |
| 4 | ' I might be some time . ’ |
| 5 | I 'll be some time several hours . |
| 6 | at the moment , and I think I would be some people would not have let me do that , I think , in the past |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | We had three managers in one day , which must be some sort of record . |
| 10 | Some brands of biscuits are made with wholemeal flour or oats and slightly less sugar , which might be some improvement on your usual brand . |
| 11 | If you join someone else 's , you must be some kind of sadist . ’ |
| 12 | Anyway , you should be some help to him and he needs it . |
| 13 | ‘ We may be some time finding Mr Maxwell but we 'll let you know as soon as we do . ’ |
| 14 | mm possible , of course that one could be some way for Jackie 's |
| 15 | There may be some kind of sequencing to functions , some order in the way they follow another : request — refusal ; plea — offer and so on . |
| 16 | There may be some kind of notice on them that says , you know , these machines should not be switched and then everything would be switched off . |
| 17 | There may be some changes , ’ he said . |
| 18 | That is the way the planning system operates , erm and I would have thought that the Greater York experience , erm does perhaps suggest that there may be some look at erm on the question of the need for sub district guidance . |
| 19 | Hospital authorities were warned that there may be some injuries from the competition at the resort 's Spa Pavilion , but they were floored when they got nine patients in quick succession . |
| 20 | There may be some variations but not many . |
| 21 | In practice however only specialization by client group has become an established model , although increasingly there may be some evidence of a diversity of specialisms being adopted within client groups , most particularly within child care . |
| 22 | You 'll probably find the walls washed clean , but there may be some evidence that he got out through one of the lavatory windows . |
| 23 | As has been seen with venture capital funds , there may be some evidence of difficulty of raising long term funds for under £200 000 , and a National Investment Bank may indeed fill this gap . |
| 24 | But there may be some disagreement over the way in which Dr Clarke formulates this . |
| 25 | CDC president , Jim Ousley , admits there may be some conflict through the channels . |
| 26 | At this stage there may be some long-sightedness which adjusts to the norm as the baby grows . |
| 27 | I do n't see that I can do very much , but there may be some questions that , in the circumstances , the police have not thought it necessary to ask . |
| 28 | It may be soon but there may be some delay . |
| 29 | When writing to a building society , never omit the mortgage reference number , or there may be some delay in receiving a reply , and if you act for your client 's bank , building society , etc , you will of course normally ask them to send the deeds direct to you ; in such a case include in your letter , if there is an existing mortgage to be discharged on completion ( as there will be in the case of a building society and may be in the case of a bank ) , an undertaking to hold the deeds on behalf of the bank or society , to return them on demand , not to part with the same except on completion of the sale , and to discharge the society 's mortgage . |
| 30 | There may be some honesty there , but please do not let us hear from the Liberal Democrats that , if they vote against the Bill this evening , they have anything constructive to offer either existing coal miners or those displaced by restructuring . |