Example sentences of "[vb pp] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He said that the last of the 14 fences was too brightly painted and frightened some of the horses . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In order to communicate with military headquarters in Moscow Russian engineers had simply diverted some of the multicore trunk circuits from the main Vienna exchange so that they terminated in the Imperial Hotel . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His pain had receded a little , as though this latest bout of agony had overloaded some circuits of his brain 's pain-response centre . |
| 7 | I must confess , my dear Fanny ( his sister ) , that I found your judgement of him was inadequate ; perhaps , too , he may not have been in the mood for playing when you heard him , which is probably often the case ; but I was again enchanted by his playing , and I am convinced that if you , and Father too , had heard some of his best things in the way he played them to me , you would say the same . |
| 8 | You should have heard some of the stories that went round when you first came to Easton … |
| 9 | Have you heard some good news ? ’ |
| 10 | Indeed , you may even have heard some of these dirty rumours yourself . |
| 11 | ‘ We 've heard some fairly horrific stories of what can happen , ’ says John Bull , of the industrial electronics division at ERA Technology , a research company in Surrey , England . |
| 12 | I 'd heard some of the other men in the village mention the possibility of a game reserve for tourists , and I held my breath , wondering if Kalchu was going to implicate me , as they had done . |
| 13 | I was surprised to hear Tim say that he had heard some owners state that horses ' mouth for sharpness . |
| 14 | I 've heard some pretty grim tales from people who 've let property complete with furnishings to strangers . |
| 15 | 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 " . |
| 16 | I 've heard some solicitor say He 's a great believer in your looking after yourself the kids will understand . |
| 17 | He told the man that one woman had been with the nurse when she died , and had heard some secret from her . |
| 18 | I have heard some strange tales . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You have heard some disagreeable things about me ? ’ |
| 20 | " Oh I 've been 'ere a few times and I 've heard some bleedin' awful screams comin' out of that room . |
| 21 | Yeah , cos I 've heard some people stand up , pronounce that |
| 22 | I whispered to Catherine that I was sure Heathcliff had heard some of what she said . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He had heard some talk about an accident . |
| 25 | It is difficult to assess the long term benefit of such a campaign as individual cases now coming to light clearly heard some of the publicity which was beneficial to them at the time but did not result in them making a call at that particular time . |
| 26 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | We have also heard some honest interventions , however , The hon. and learned Member for Perth and Kinross ( Sir N. Fairbairn ) staggered to his feet to tell us that he did not believe a word of what Ministers were saying . |
| 29 | We have heard some fine arguments about sovereignty , but sovereignty falls into two categories . |
| 30 | We have heard some of that from the right hon. Member for Chingford ( Mr. Tebbit ) . |