Example sentences of "[vb pp] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His pain had receded a little , as though this latest bout of agony had overloaded some circuits of his brain 's pain-response centre . |
| 5 | change the tyre , it 's , you know I see it 's the my God , I 've heard some good-uns in me but people are like that you know ! |
| 6 | He told the man that one woman had been with the nurse when she died , and had heard some secret from her . |
| 7 | I was surprised to hear Tim say that he had heard some owners state that horses ' mouth for sharpness . |
| 8 | I have heard some booksellers call the selling of postcards or greeting cards ‘ peripheral ’ and ‘ inconsequential ’ , but a small item with a low unit price should not be dismissed lightly . |
| 9 | He had heard some talk about an accident . |
| 10 | We have heard some speeches tonight about the poll tax , but I want to read the editorial in the Glasgow Evening Times , so aptly published on 5 |
| 11 | Yeah , cos I 've heard some people stand up , pronounce that |
| 12 | Well , the you 've heard , I 've heard some people being nasty and , and they did n't say no , but it was always , not always it was occasionally done grudgingly , and , and erm in many cases of course it was done willingly , you know come in yes please do , and , and they did n't even want the penny that , that you offered them for the telephone call . |
| 13 | Take the statement that he wanted to see the German play of which he had heard some praise , and consider substituting the co-referring description " the Left-wing play whose inept performance will make him wish he had stayed at home " . |
| 14 | I 've heard some solicitor say He 's a great believer in your looking after yourself the kids will understand . |
| 15 | The original division between those mentally handicapped children who were considered educable and those who were not formed some basis for the future classification of the mentally handicapped . |
| 16 | The congregation here was formed some time after 1690 though the present church building only dates from 1879 . |
| 17 | The cave was formed some time during the early part of the Pleistocene , over one million years ago , and it became filled with sediment during the middle Pleistocene approximately 350 to 400 thousand years ago . |
| 18 | I am delighted that we will continue that process under my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in the new Parliament which will be formed some time late next spring or in the summer . |
| 19 | By 1811 only some rural parishes were without any provision , while most of them had registered some improvement over the seventeenth century . |
| 20 | They did , they say they got water hammer we went into the ladies toilets and one door , one cubicle was shut and there was this loud drumming noise and I said to Brenda perhaps it 's an alarm signal perhaps somebody on the other side of that door has been taken ill and has pressed some sort of alarm signal , anyway we went out and they said oh no it 's always making that noise ! |
| 21 | Jonquil had pressed some books on Rachaela , unsuitable for anyone . |
| 22 | Alex had spilled some juice on the table top and was drawing his finger through the orange puddle with enjoyment ; Sarah seemed completely preoccupied by the last mouthful of toast . |
| 23 | Research and practical experience have also highlighted some warning signs about appraisal schemes : |
| 24 | A lot of the points she raises I would raise myself , I would see as areas that we , we can be tackling , but how we tackle them , you know , I , I , again , I would endorse what said erm , we 'll go back to and say right , now , you 've highlighted some issues , now , how do we do it in practice ? |
| 25 | Dave had foreseen some difficulty and had moved back left to get into a better position to assist Steve , just below him . |
| 26 | Apparently you 'd referred some request to them — for access to MI5 and MI6 files . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I 've traced some artifacts of … non-terrestrial origin … that came my way . |
| 28 | He may also have developed some connections with the Tempests of Bracewell . |
| 29 | He may also have developed some connections with the Tempests of Bracewell . |
| 30 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |