Example sentences of "[am/are] [v-ing] [prep] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It makes it easier , in principle , to ‘ see ’ how many hypotheses are competing for some portion of an utterance , for example , and to decide which are the most promising given the evidence . |
| 2 | I mean if , if they are in bed , I mean if they are there they are resting to some extent , even if they 're sort of awake but |
| 3 | Their meaning is not easily grasped by those who have spent some time studying the Christian faith , and yet the church still presents these complicated extracts from the Bible and the ASB to people who may never have heard the name of God spoken reverently before , and who are searching for some germ of belief to help them understand the vacuum created by the death of the person they love . |
| 4 | First you are looking for some mystery man called Svend , then it is your sister , but all the time you are taking an inventory of my apartment . ’ |
| 5 | They are looking at some wire wool that has rusted . |
| 6 | So how do students feel when the likes of Gary Lineker , Bryan Robson , Nigel Kennedy and Lenny Henry are handed honorary degrees by their universities while they 're swotting in some squat with all the comfort and respect afforded to a New Age Traveller ? |
| 7 | Unix System Labs Inc reportedly had a meeting with SunSelect last week : thinking is they 're looking for some help speeding up their PC emulation . |
| 8 | They 're looking for some purpose for it all and they ca n't find it . ’ |
| 9 | So they 're looking for some money to finance a research fellow at the Hospital . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 're looking for some kind of … counselling , ’ says Riva , ‘ I 'll ask my father if he knows of anyone who … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We 're looking at some form of support from below , know what ah mean ? |
| 12 | I says I 've already told you about it , she says yeah I know she says but you 're going for some petrol tonight , I just wondered if you were coming up for an hour tonight . |
| 13 | They 're the times when when actually look at which ones we 'd use remember the strengths in these some of the biggest yes you can go into greater detail you can see the reaction face to face you 'll get feedback straight away verbal as well as non-verbal er you know immediately what the answer is if there 's if you 're waiting for some sort of reply to it , you 'll have more effect because it 's face to face erm , cheap on material but it 's expensive on time you do n't have a formal written record and it can be very time consuming . |
| 14 | Well I think it is impossible for anyone to totally avoid bringing in their own values into work that they 're doing to some extent , but I think it is possible to deliberately set out to involve the values of other people in the way that you carry out the work . |
| 15 | But RSI sufferes who 're hoping for some compensation from their employers are worried the Judge 's ruling may make harm their chances . |
| 16 | You 're hovering like some void-bird … |
| 17 | If you 're planning on some kissing action on February 14th , make sure your lips are looking lovely ! |
| 18 | From a practical standpoint we are suffering from some jail overcrowding problems here and certainly this was one option to take an offender who does n't really belong behind iron bars and punish them at home , and from a personal standpoint I was sort of intrigued with the novelty of it all and the technology aspects of it . |
| 19 | There is not much point in weighing less but looking as if you are suffering from some wasting disease . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm dying for some punch . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm listening to some music . |
| 22 | No we 're not , I 'm listening to some music |
| 23 | Ropers , they do n't know , well they know I 'm coming in some time today , but they do n't know when |
| 24 | I 'm hoping in some way we can stop it happening again . |
| 25 | Children 's motivation can be maintained during a project if they are working towards some culmination of the activity . |