Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stated that it had only been made some fifteen to twenty years ago by , of all people , his uncle . |
| 2 | Although the UK market has only been contributing some £15,000 a month or so to the company 's coffers , Christoforou expects to appoint half a dozen sales staff by April and says he will be looking for the outfit to turn over £2m plus in its first year . |
| 3 | Caswell had n't only been doing some thinking , he 'd been looking up maps and timetables . |
| 4 | Below are summarised some of the opportunities for mathematical experience which arise through the use of various equipment with dry and wet sand : |
| 5 | The list had obviously been printed some time before . |
| 6 | Even in the situations where it is appropriate , Creole will only be used some of the time — in fact , a very small proportion of the time , if my informants and their families are typical . |
| 7 | This led to divorce from his wife , who could perhaps be permitted some schadenfreude at the fact that Van Den Hauwe 's relationship had , perforce , become platonic . |
| 8 | He apparently was doing some work for her father , David Fairfax , and had told him about the school . |
| 9 | When she had finally been rescued some two hours later it was discovered that the hem of her frock had been chewed away . |
| 10 | Enlightened dry-fly anglers , too , have already been taking some tremendous catches with it and it will surely prove devastating for dapping , the earliest form of fly fishing , a method still used extensively in Ireland at certain times of year . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've just been brewing some coffee — I expect you 'd like a cup . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just been given some great news . |
| 13 | All right I 've just been making some notes here . |
| 14 | Thanks so very much for getting me Bloomfield 's annotated NT , vol I. I 'm delighted to have it , and have just been spending some time revisiting a few cruces to see what explanations are offered . |
| 15 | The wolf crawled along on a stomach , that would soon be digesting some meat |
| 16 | Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ? |
| 17 | Sometimes I 'd sooner be doing some other job . |
| 18 | Mr Stewart added : ‘ If there is a snagging and should the fishing vessel not have a pinger attached to its gear , that should not be taken some way as meaning that the fishing vessel having contributed to her own misfortune . |
| 19 | There is also the point that district society presidents are all volunteers and work very hard for the good of the district society and the Institute and it is a pity if they can not be allowed some enjoyment from their endeavours and also make new friendships which will last a lifetime . |
| 20 | The majority of women aged 35 and over were using some form of birth control . |
| 21 | I think the best is get some of this stuff done during the holidays yeah ? |
| 22 | Education in Britain has always been considered some of the best in the world . |
| 23 | The main priority will always be to find some route to additional funding for books . |
| 24 | The granite outcrops that produce a succession of high moors along the spine of Devon and Cornwall are late Carboniferous ( about 300 million years old ) , and probably are linked some distance below the surface to form a single , large batholith . |
| 25 | Mick Lovatt has also been doing some sterling work here re-equipping some of the older classics — in particular both pitches of Pierrepoint , a classic ( F7c+ , F7b+ ) have been completely rebolted . |
| 26 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 27 | You 'll also be overlooking some nonchalantly sly snippets of humour : the sleeve of ‘ Oomalama ’ features half a dozen plastic animals . |
| 28 | Er Trading Standards Officers have been helping the police have made a large number of visits to sales in recent months targetting those where we know or suspect there will be concentration of counterfeiter goods and these stolen items we 've been taking and seizing items , we 've been making inspections and er we will also be distributing some leaflets to try and advise people of some of the risks and dangers that face them at this sort of event . |
| 29 | You will probably be asked some questions about your health , and you will need to have a routine chest X-ray if you have n't had one lately . |
| 30 | Sadly , the dear little chapel also was demolished some years ago , and the demise of the railway took place about 30 years ago . |