Example sentences of "was [verb] in some [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to compensate in some way for the rather poor salaries . |
| 2 | Initial excavations indicate that it was related in some way to the others , but had no buildings within the rampart . |
| 3 | It was written in some exasperation by Frederick Midgeod as a result of his experiences presumably with a Model T Ford during his time in what was the Gold Coast and is now Ghana . |
| 4 | He was preserved in some kind of fluid , like an olive or a pickled onion , and had a baffled look about him . |
| 5 | The elderly Chas Varley was peering in some confusion at an arc of screens which pulsed with read-outs and rippling waveforms . |
| 6 | If you compare The Smiths with the previous Great White Hopes of preceding eras , it 's clear that the rebellion of the Stones , Who , Pistols , jam , was based in some kind of activism or at least action , an optimism about the potential of collective or individual agency . |
| 7 | The phenomenon of certain mundane objects becoming so firmly associated with an individual that they are understood as literal extensions of that individual 's being was discussed in some detail by Levy-Bruhl ( 1966 : 100–27 ) . |
| 8 | As soon as a ‘ lift ’ of fish was telegraphed in some fashion by the scouts , the whole flock would take flight and head unerringly to wherever the action was . |
| 9 | I responded as usual by smiling slightly — sufficient at least to indicate that I was participating in some way with the good-humouredness with which he was carrying on — and waited to see if my employer 's permission regarding the trip would be forthcoming . |
| 10 | As often applies in such cases , it became evident that the church was held in some affection by the local residents and , in response to public concern , the local planning authority , Waverly District Council , initiated a search for alternative uses . |