Example sentences of "they [vb mod] be [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 2 | ‘ They must be on some bonus for the FA Cup semi final — none of them want to miss it ! |
| 3 | They must be on some sort of a one of the meters or somebody 's meter or somewhere . |
| 4 | Even if we are assured that the creatures in question are not in any pain , some people will prolong the argument either by insisting that they must be in some sort of distress , or by claiming that even if they are not overtly suffering , what is happening to them is cruel and unwarranted exploitation . |
| 5 | ‘ All those birds are as common as dirt around here , but I guess if they could be of some use to you , that 's great . ’ |
| 6 | If they were genuine imports into prehistoric Britain then they would be of some importance in suggesting trade networks . |
| 7 | Ah but they always watched th they would be in some place over bad storms you know . |
| 8 | They will be of some use in working out what it was that testators hoped to achieve by adding on a trust disposition to provisions at civil law . |