Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [v-ing] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in the tragedies these villains are never satisfied : Macbeth goes on killing like some automaton , Iago goes on destroying until he has brought everyone down . |
| 2 | I Branches without women rivals now sided with Glasgow in demanding a campaign to exclude women for good , while branches such as Edinburgh , who had to contend with the problem , tried to go on arguing for some form of recognition of women workers . |
| 3 | I gave the money to a thankfully dumb-struck fiddle-player on Sauchiehall Street and walked away feeling like some sort of martyred saint . |
| 4 | ‘ Providing I stay fit I will get the record because I plan to keep on playing for some time yet . |
| 5 | One major principle of unit cost funding is that institutions would be treated equally according to some notion of the cost of their lecturers per student . |
| 6 | But he admitted : ‘ I believe that unemployment will go on rising for some time yet , but what is certain is that the measures I have taken will assist the employment situation . ’ |
| 7 | What 's more , he 'll go on improving for some time because he was a late starter at 24 and he is still developing . ’ |
| 8 | He could start thinking he 's a poached egg and wander off looking for some toast to sit on . ’ |
| 9 | Unfortunately , Jamie ended up talking to some woman , but I was too busy trying to breathe deeply and keep the far wall steady really to care . |