Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The monopolist is normally considered to exploit consumers by charging a high price and thereby destroying some consumer surplus . |
| 2 | Appointed in 1987 , Webster ensured that the CIA kept a relatively low profile and thereby achieved some success in rehabilitating the tarnished image of the agency in the aftermath of the Iran-contra scandal . |
| 3 | However , since the private person has chosen to deal in commercial goods , ( and presumably has some expertise in relation to the subject matter of the contract ) such exclusion is more likely to be reasonable than if consumer goods were the subject matter of the contract , and hence the transaction were a consumer transaction governed by s 6(2) . |
| 4 | So , how can you work with your dreams in such a way as to make useful links between your conscious and your unconscious mind , and so gain some benefit in your everyday life ? |
| 5 | Only in one respect is a consideration of their characteristics illuminating , in emphasizing the fact that the state is not the only means by which the cohesion of a society is assured , and so giving some support to those liberal pluralist theories which treat the state as one association among others , and not always the most important . |
| 6 | He suggests , instead , that local government reorganization took place precisely because local government is not ‘ a simple instrument of either the central state or dominant interests ’ and so has some room for political manoeuvre ( 1979 , p. 221 ) . |
| 7 | Saruman knows better , and so do some others , but ‘ Sam was pained to notice how little honour [ Frodo ] had in his own country ’ . |
| 8 | And so do some mammals . |
| 9 | Such terms are often found to be more-or-less transferable from one problem to another , and so have some claim to significance beyond the level of the particular problem in which they were derived . |
| 10 | You can imagine the population of th , of a nearby town , every now and again they would come down and perhaps throw some food over in this man 's direction a loaf of bread , a , a a a a a a , a hunk of meat or , some other food every now and again so he would keep alive . |
| 11 | And to keep the children amused , a Lego competition will be held in the creche , so that junior selfbuilders can also build their own houses , and perhaps win some Lego , too . |
| 12 | Somebody once said that if angelism , sharing the gospel was one beggar telling another beggar about bread , where it could be found and undoubtedly when he was saying that he was thinking of that story that account that we had read to us earlier from the second book of kings , chapter seven , and I 'd like us to er turn back to us for a few moments this morning and perhaps draw some lessons for ourselves Sometimes as Christians its very easier for us to say what sins are , and we can see other people 's failings , you do n't have to be a Christian to do that of course , plenty of other people can do that , they see the failings of other people , they see the wrong doing they do , they see their wickedness their , their waywardness , whatever words we want to use to describe it , and we say well that is sin , perhaps for most of us this morning we could make er a list a , a , a tabulate a table of sins and we might say well they are worse sins and there are lesser sins and I would I suppose by and large there would be a fairly reasonable consensus of opinion regarding what was sins and what were not sins . |
| 13 | It may be possible to read a listing of a computer program and perhaps make some sense of it but , certainly to many of us who have to use computer programs , they take on a quasi-mystical nature as they are , after all , intangible . |
| 14 | Men and women of great authority had walked in it , and perhaps left some ghost of themselves to calm him in extremis . |
| 15 | As we do this , we can encourage consistently those in whom this gift is developing , and perhaps see some move from prophesying to having a mature ministry as a prophet . |
| 16 | He could relieve Gaby and Charley of baby-watching Steve , and perhaps do some clue-hunting in the flat . |
| 17 | At its extreme among the small towns , this blurring of the rural-urban boundary extends over the whole settlement , as at Dragonby , and perhaps suggests some sort of link with the level of agricultural pre-occupation or functional specialization . |
| 18 | So we went and had and there was a little space , you know normal bit bigger than average and a little hooked thing and it opened up and down came some steps and we went up with trepidation I must say . |
| 19 | But the principle remains essentially the same : a mixture of 3-D reality and 2-D illusion coexisting on the 2-D plane of the film 's emulsion and apparently representing some aspect of the 3-D actual world , or some more or less realistic fantasy world . |
| 20 | A babble of voices , predominantly American and German , provided a background hum , while a great number of tables , she observed with some surprise , were occupied by a contingent of Japanese businessmen wearing identical lapel-badges and obviously attending some conference . |
| 21 | Jean so enjoyed the challenge of her new job that she asked her husband , Peter , then a watch salesman , to help her move the heavy rolls of fabric , put up shelves and pictures and generally bring some order to the store . |
| 22 | It is a commentary upon the action on that occasion , dealing with the problem of how it should be interpreted , speculating on the motives , intentions and characters of those involved , and generally offering some kind of criticism and justification of whatever are taken to be the goings-on . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see how anybody can pick up a guitar nowadays and not give some credit to Jimi Hendrix because , at the time — people do n't remember this — but at the time he came out , people were ready to give up the guitar and go onto other instruments . |
| 24 | I do n't see how anybody can pick up a guitar nowadays and not give some credit to Jimi Hendrix |
| 25 | It would , for example , be an extraordinary institution which could encompass a thousand or so adolescents and not encounter some difficulty . |
| 26 | ‘ But you ca n't have spent a lifetime with someone and not feel some affection for them . ’ |
| 27 | I will be writing to the normal firms as usual , to get donations for the raffle , er now the other thing I 've got to report from is the stall , no before that the E C discussed applications by other organisations , now Sheffield and erm many other areas produce there own excellent publications , so I , I wrote of to Greater London Pensioner to Redbridge , to Senior Citizens in Sheffield , Anglian Pensioners , Grey Power and erm I , I 've sent letter 's to them and already had some copies back from Sheffield . |
| 28 | Returning to Falmouth Street in his new acquisition — and already encountering some resistance to engaging first gear — Harry listed in his mind the excellent reasons for buying a car . |
| 29 | This is why we have discussed the many different types first , and thus have some idea of all the possibilities available to us . |
| 30 | I should hate anyone to think that I am , ’ she said , looking around her at us all and smiling again , ‘ that I am in the business of catering exclusively for prostitutes , tarts working girls , slags bitches , cunts , whores , studs , pimps , rent boys , butches , nellies , queens , masseurs , escorts , one-night stands , ex-models , ex-policemen , ex-Armed Forces , ex-boxers , security guards , tennis instructors , so-called businessmen , tourists and those poor unfortunates who simply come here to pass the time and meanwhile do some shopping ; oh , no , let it never be said ! |