Example sentences of "it be [verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some cloners think Sun regrets making previous Sparcstations too easy to knock off so it 's putting some obstacles in the way . |
| 2 | It 's taken some time to construct . |
| 3 | It 's staging its own marches to counter the official demonstration and it 's changing some street names back to what they were before the revolution . |
| 4 | But er interestingly , the Americans have just put er more tax on to their gas for , for different reasons admittedly , and er the environmentalists er always feel happy about that because they 've been the ones who 've been telling us for years that er petrol is if anything underpriced , and that we 're rather profligate in the way that we use it , so er at least some people are happy out of this , not everybody , but it , but er it 's making some people happier . |
| 5 | Not surprisingly , given the number of new products it has on the go , the company says that it is ploughing some 12% of its turnover back into research and development . |
| 6 | Britain 's BT has its own global offerings , Syncordia and Cyclone , into which it is sinking some $100m . |
| 7 | The American government has recently announced that it is to spend some $18 million to wipe out the pig population of Haiti in an effort to control the virus . |
| 8 | The Gwili is a small society running a two-mile line on a shoe-string and yet it is having some success in extending both the length of the line and its infrastructure . |
| 9 | The best way to find it is to look some way off a line joining Beta Ceti to Alpha Phœnicis . |
| 10 | 24 Since research shows that this is a frequent and long-lasting result of many attacks , it is important that it be given some recognition . |
| 11 | Fortuna was smiling on me and my haphazard trip felt as if it was taking some kind of shape , a dynamic and a logic of its own . |
| 12 | It was yielding some ore but had found itself amongst the old bottoms out of which " the eyes had been picked " . |
| 13 | ‘ It was arranged some time ago . ’ |
| 14 | Unfortunately we were not able to meet all the requirements for County support and it was decided some time ago that we would go ahead with an experimental opening without it . |
| 15 | Li Yuan watched the Marshal while he talked , barely referring to the folder in his lap , unless it was to take some diagram from it and hand it to Tolonen . |
| 16 | It was to take some time before a distinct and overall Sussex people could be forged by the strength of the rulers . |
| 17 | It was hoped some aspects of traffic separation would be made mandatory , although he would not specify which . |
| 18 | Dr Bob Woodward and his brother John became interested in the pavement when it was uncovered some years ago . |
| 19 | The money dispensers in the capital could only be approached through their acolyte , whose job it was to demand some offerings and make the right moves to ensure success . |
| 20 | Some people were shocked although it was expected some people are devastated . |
| 21 | It 's not so much changing T N T , it was changing some influences that 's effecting Mary . |
| 22 | It remained as one of the Abbey 's treasures until it was stolen some years ago . |