Sentence:  No , they had n't seen anyone around ; no , they did n't know the Andrus family ; yes , they had read about the case ; yes , they had let <WSD>some</WSD> reporters use their phone , but they would no longer . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity