Example sentences of "they [to-vb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final withdrawal without major disaster enabled them to preserve some profit . |
| 2 | Tchaikovsky wrote The Seasons for the monthly journal Nuvellist , whose editor had the bright idea of commissioning 12 pieces from him for a year 's issues , each of them to depict some aspect of the month in question . |
| 3 | The danger of swallowing can be minimised if companies take the tender offer route — buying minority stakes which still enable them to exercise some control , and still share costs in areas such as research or marketing . |
| 4 | Other naturalistic views , Marxist and some which indeed call themselves ‘ evolutionary ’ , have often proclaimed themselves free from any such picture , but it is basically very hard for them to avoid some appeal to an implicit teleology , an order in relation to which there would be an existence that would satisfy all the most basic human needs at once . |
| 5 | I might see if I can persuade them to do some practice bits with Therese . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Shall I ask them to send some coffee in ? ’ |
| 7 | In this case I usually get them running round for a while jumping , hopping , walking backwards and also get them to shout some calls . |
| 8 | This would allow them to have some influence in the company ( unlike in Britain , where there has been no sizeable reservations of shares on a collective basis in the shape of employee trusts ) as shareholders as well as having worker-directors . |
| 9 | ‘ All the more reason then for them to have some knowledge of basic skills — ‘ |
| 10 | We expect them to have some degree of self-awareness , and self-regard , in their knowledge claims . |
| 11 | ‘ I want them to have some privacy . ’ |
| 12 | I think you wanted them to have some time together but … but perhaps not most of the night , ’ she finished on a whisper . |
| 13 | Today children are meeting and playing with children of other faiths so it is important for them to have some understanding and knowledge of each other 's traditions . |
| 14 | As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action . |
| 15 | We have to allow them to take some decisions within our decision , I think , but I 'm sure they 'll take your point anyway . |
| 16 | The best that I can say for a personality explanation is that it prevents executives from thinking about changing their behaviour , because it understandably makes little sense for them to undergo some kind of therapy . |
| 17 | This chamber should be a nice treat for the adventurers , allowing them to gain some resources they will need for the harder and more dangerous encounters to come . |
| 18 | The relatives of our electively ventilated organ donors do not feel that we act improperly ; rather , they all consider that the process of organ donation allows them to make some sense of an otherwise inexplicable loss . |
| 19 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 20 | Of course , this is not even really a realistic option , because you 'd still have the impossible communication problem of getting the information out to the individuals involved in the first place , and then getting the answers back again and coordinating them to make some sort of over-all sense . |