Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One possible reason for the lack of motivation within her class could be attributed to tasks not being sufficiently challenging for some pupils , whilst being beyond the intellectual grasp of others . |
| 2 | Nevertheless if they were going to fly again they were gon na pay for a seat and they 're only looking for some recompense towards a new new ticket what 's wrong with sending them a voucher y'know , a properly produced voucher that we c that 's controlled properly by and all they do is guarantee any travel at their normal travel agent , do the business , attach the voucher to the B S P |
| 3 | Searching Ellie 's face , perhaps looking for some resemblance , she gave a funny little sigh . |
| 4 | But it may not be enough according to some industry commentators . |
| 5 | His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations . |
| 6 | In the south of the county , it was only beginning on some manors in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth , while on others it did not occur until the sixteenth and seventeenth . |
| 7 | without perhaps compromising in some way of actually saying to you in January . |
| 8 | Can the Minister tell us whether Britain 's shipyards will be assured of a very early decision on a type 42 replacement , thus allowing for some continuity of work and ending the grave uncertainty in the shipyards so that men and management can get on with what they do best — building ships in British yards ? |
| 9 | ‘ Just checking on some things . |
| 10 | She stood up quickly and began rummaging in her bag , desperately looking for some francs so that she could pay the woman and leave . |
| 11 | She faltered , desperately searching for some excuse . |
| 12 | Yeah , I got the impression when the TV commentators were going on about the Turks being in Europe for the last 10 years they were just looking for some excuse to explain th scum 's ineptitude . |
| 13 | Just waiting for some tax forms . |
| 14 | With an effort Shannon pulled herself up to her full five-feet-three-inch height , desperately striving for some sort of dignity , even though she was shivering all over . |
| 15 | Anderton said yesterday : ‘ I was just coming into some form when I had to have my operation . |
| 16 | I tell you what though , boss , with those sort of resources , we 're not just dealing with some terrorist splinter group . |
| 17 | Yeah , mate , I 've just got in myself change stations but er Richard 's just talking about some kid who died from meningitis but it does n't mean a lot these days does it ? |
| 18 | But if I 've been away working for some time , it 's completely different . |
| 19 | I gave the money to a thankfully dumb-struck fiddle-player on Sauchiehall Street and walked away feeling like some sort of martyred saint . |
| 20 | There were suggestions that the Khartoum government might now be willing to contemplate secession for the south , eventually leading to some form of federation with the north . |
| 21 | The idea is for a number of undergraduates in science and engineering ( about 80 this year ) to assist teachers by working with small groups of kids in the classroom , usually helping with some form of practical work , answering their questions and guiding them , if necessary , through the experiments . |
| 22 | Erm if it 's um well generally speaking I think , thinking about what the sort of consensus would be among people who who study this sort of thing , they 're usually looking for some sort of of discrepancy in ages or powers or something . |
| 23 | A learner is usually searching for some property which fulfils criteria which have nothing to do directly with the observed data . |
| 24 | Or perhaps still according to some plan established days before . |
| 25 | As in France and the UK , the number of consumers affected by water supplies with high nitrate levels is falling , but not the number of contaminated sources which is still rising in some regions . |
| 26 | Fisheries officials believe that this could result in the rivers being permanently lacking in some species of fish , and this in turn poses a serious threat to the fishing communities on the river banks . |
| 27 | Not that I 'm one for erm like talking like some people do and wanting this and er you know . |
| 28 | Quickly putting on some clothes , he decided to investigate . |
| 29 | She was still feeling to some degree quite bemused as she walked along to her room . |
| 30 | Amendments arising from the process of political haggling within the administration and senior Republican circles had continued until the last moment , thereby resulting in some parts of the budget being incomplete or inconsistent . |