Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] be some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been looking for it for years , but I 'm not in charge of promotion and the people senior to me in my department are some of the most brilliant minds in England , and elsewhere for that matter . ’ |
| 2 | Erm I could go back to commerce , although er that side of my life is some way behind and it it 's always been very successfully done by er my colleagues in the company that I started . |
| 3 | " You probably think my life 's some kind of tragedy , but I 'll tell you — one of the hardest parts of it 's keeping a straight face . |
| 4 | Now priests and even a couple of bishops appeared and Sophia felt a sense of relief , as if their presence were some sort of guarantee of a safe flight . |
| 5 | Yeah , I said yeah , I mean it is , I said , you come tomorrow if you like bedrooms are ready , but you see she 'll be staying at her mum 's some time |
| 6 | Though its elevation was some three hundred feet lower than Fort Douaumont , the field of vision in every direction from it was remarkable . |
| 7 | Doubtless the slow ‘ stately ’ motion of Jupiter in its orbit and its brightness were some of the reasons for which the Romans gave to this planet the name Jupiter , the Roman king of the gods . |
| 8 | One of the reasons it thinks COSE is interested in its participation is some key technology that DEC has that in its infinite wisdom it has failed to trumpet . |
| 9 | Her property was some forty miles from the base . |
| 10 | It is true that the interest rate now paid by the government on all its debt is some 300 basis points ( three percentage points ) above current bill rates . |
| 11 | Their prison was some stables at the rear of a large house , which incidentally , they had to secure themselves . |
| 12 | What he really needed on his side was some good old-fashioned redneck backing ; a few influential voices bellowing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and waving the Star-Spangled Banner in tightly clenched fists . |
| 13 | Among the few papers in his possession at the time of his death were some manuscript notes in which he was evidently attempting to develop his earlier skit , ‘ The Hopkin Syndicate ’ . |
| 14 | Yes , after 25 years of successful development of the North sea , our expertise is some of the best , if not the absolute best , in the world . |