Example sentences of "[verb] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and Sybil lived carefully , borrowed cars to save renting them , accepted hospitality , incurred and endured some cutting remarks of the wealthy but kept steadfast to their aim to make some money and run back to London to act and feed the security bank . |
| 2 | Chiswick experienced some changes in 1962 , one of which was the withdrawal of all the trolley-buses , which were replaced by the very popular Routemaster buses . |
| 3 | It is interesting that a large proportion of these ‘ new ’ users experienced some unpleasantness on first use such as vomiting and dizziness . |
| 4 | Erm er it 's basically that there is no stated requirement at present from any of the four nations , for this aircraft to operate on ships er back in the early days of the programme when the the French were involved er we looked at the possibility of designing an aircraft er to provide the whole spectrum of capabilities from air defence er ground attack and also maritime operations off ships and er we we certainly experienced some difficulties in reconciling all those things in one design , which was adequately capable in each of the areas . |
| 5 | Easons , too , experienced some increase in competition from ‘ non-traditional ’ outlets . |
| 6 | As rectal volumes increased , all spinal patients with lesions above T6 ( n=11 ) experienced some degree of autonomic dysreflexia that prevented further rectal distension . |
| 7 | As a consequence , the interbank market experienced some contraction due to country risk , concentrating business on large banks in established and well supervised financial centres . |
| 8 | Sadly , over half of the sample experienced some fear or anxiety about growing old themselves . |
| 9 | ‘ The UK lamb market experienced some uncertainty caused by the phasing out of the variable premium for domestic lambs , ’ was his only comment . |
| 10 | Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor , there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards . |
| 11 | Interestingly , the Bacchus and Leopard mosaic also displays some affinity with the pavement of single , rotated interlaced squares ( from Cirencester VI , 3 : pI . |
| 12 | REFLECTIONS : John Conway of Meteor , Cookstown , displays some mirror designs to judge Pat Killen . |
| 13 | In recent years , however , the canine colon has become a standard model for colonic motility studies and , although it displays some kinds of contractile activity not seen in man , it has been useful for investigating neuropharmacological interactions . |
| 14 | Chairman Antony Pilkington acknowledged concern that high interest rates were beginning to hit some UK customers . |
| 15 | Chairman Antony Pilkington acknowledged concern that high interest rates were beginning to hit some UK customers . |
| 16 | When he arrived with his parents for the interview the headmaster took him to a field where a few golf holes were laid out , handed him a wedge and a bucket of balls , and told Jack to hit some shots at one of the greens while he organised some tea for his parents . |
| 17 | In the immediate post-war period the problems created by the Russian Revolution , the emergence of a socialist Labour party as the major opposition party in Britain , and the extension of the franchise in 1918 to reward the working class and women for their role in the war , frightened some elements among the middle classes . |
| 18 | They suggest that warnings by Mr Major that a vote for the Liberal Democrats could let Labour into Downing Street by the ‘ back door ’ may have frightened some waverers back into the Tory fold . |
| 19 | A spokesman said about one-third of the sewage load from the town is due to be diverted some time this year to a new treatment plant . |
| 20 | It is asking creditors to forgive some debts and extend payments 24 to 48 months . |
| 21 | Since history affects people 's decisions , it plays some part in producing future history . |
| 22 | If the sociologist is present at the moment of speech-production , whether as observer or interviewer , then he or she plays some part in the creation of the dialogue . |
| 23 | Clearly memory plays some part in many aspects of the driving task , one way to identify tasks in which memory may play an interesting role is to look at situations in which a failure of memory is observed . |
| 24 | But they now had a great advantage because they knew that their viral DNA was in the gene and so they could use this knowledge to fish out the gene that clearly plays some role in limb development . |
| 25 | Memory clearly plays some role at all levels of the driving task , however , there is relatively little research which looks directly at drivers ’ memories for driving situations . |
| 26 | It is commonly believed that the intestinal microflora plays some role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis but no aetiological agent has been identified and there are only relatively minor alterations to the balance of the faecal flora . |
| 27 | They are so strongly committed to their unionism that they are prepared to go some way towards moving some of their evangelical principles into the area of private life and personal choice , rather than alienate non-evangelical unionists . |
| 28 | We need help to go some way towards knowing ourselves and in turn to be able to understand and help others . |
| 29 | By listening to her children 's language ( which , to quote T S Eliot , ‘ is the fluid in which all else is suspended ’ ) the teacher is able to go some way in interpreting their individual levels of development and maturation . |
| 30 | Municipal autonomy in the regions of Italy and state autonomy in the USA seems to go some way to account for the ease of transfer of care . |