Example sentences of "[vb past] in some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His thought had been moving towards an idea of nature , not unlike that found in some Stoic philosophers , as a complex of processes subject to their own natural law . |
| 2 | Then I resembled in some small way the unfortunate Daniel Paul Schreber , a German judge whose case was analysed by both Freud and Schatzman , and whose father 's ‘ view of a good parent-child relationship was like the relationship between a hypnotist and a subject in his power : a child who experiences a glance , a word , a gesture of the parent as a command resembles a person in a trance . ’ |
| 3 | I believe old Mel played in some pre-season games and proved his fitness ? ? |
| 4 | It came as no shock that the 433/L turned in some good Power Test results . |
| 5 | At the level of the Symon Unconformity , at the top of the Grey Measures , significant gas generation began in some restricted areas away from the basin flank at this time , depending on local position within the developing Jurassic sub-basins . |
| 6 | This cut was smaller than that imposed in some other sectors , but it none the less entailed over 7,000 job losses , including 2,400 teaching posts . |
| 7 | In between acting class and all-night parties at one of the homes of one or another of the inmates , Nicholson slotted in some compulsory service as a fireman , attached to an air-crash fire-fighting crew , which some have used to suggest was a draft dodge on his part . |
| 8 | A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’ |
| 9 | He not only prophesied , but he became in some unspecified sense ‘ a different man ’ ( I Sam . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , Circumspecte agatis deserves attention because of the circumstances which brought it about as much as for the harmony which it established in some controversial areas of justice . |
| 11 | Repton is acknowledged as Britain 's No 1 amateur club , and flew in some good talent for a match that roused a lively crowd . |
| 12 | Eric was a smaller , colourless man who worked in some clerical capacity in the production office . |
| 13 | Before the war the Jewish and Gentile communities lived in ignorance of each other and since the war state censorship has failed to allow a full discussion of past antisemitism ( which persisted in some ugly incidents after the war ) . |
| 14 | Jane Saren would seem to be the obvious person , but perhaps you would let me know whether you would like me to approach Jane to see if she is willing take this on , or if you would like it handled in some other way ? |
| 15 | By the length of the pause that followed , before he opened his eyes and looked dazedly down to see what fate had granted him , he went in some devout fear of his deserving . |
| 16 | She felt in some strange way that she was being " handled " like a restive horse . |
| 17 | The experiment resulted in some noticeable changes . |
| 18 | Once , during free flying , Dawn disappeared in some long grass . |
| 19 | But they indulged in some dubious business ethics to obtain it ( see page 33 ) , and inspectors appointed by the Department of Trade and Industry have apparently said as much . |
| 20 | Luff described himself as ‘ something of a visionary ’ , and during a talk in 1940 indulged in some Wellsian flights of fancy , producing drawings of a tram whose driver 's cab was on the roof giving passengers a clear view forward , and a bus which had folded wings ! |
| 21 | Modest and unsophisticated though this activity may appear to the educationist there is little doubt that it issued in some constructive change in the school , not least , one suspects , in the degree of staff cohesion . |
| 22 | In fact , with Daddy it was all work apparently he put in some ridiculous hours . |
| 23 | ‘ Rainey put in some fast laps during the final stages of qualifying , so I was expecting him to give me a tough time , ’ said Doohan . |
| 24 | Exceptions to this bias towards language include a crude behaviourism still strongly asserted in some archaeological theories which reduce the artefact as cultural construction to merely part of the process by which an environment works its determinant force upon the human subject . |
| 25 | Although he engaged in some pastoral work in the years after his ordination , preaching and hearing confessions , his time was spent almost entirely in the papal civil service and , until the appointment to Germany for just over a decade , almost entirely in Rome . |
| 26 | Jarvis crossed the vestibule , a large high-ceilinged chamber with mock-medieval hammer beams , on the walls of which were incised on yellow pine panels the names of pupils who had in some small way distinguished themselves . |
| 27 | It was with some excitement that Wilson greeted the Misses Wynne on October 1st and she was aware that the challenge of preparing for them had in some curious way made her feel better . |
| 28 | For several months the Hong Kong Sevens waited , hoping that the country 's two rugby bodies would unite as quickly as they had in some other sports — most notably cricket . |
| 29 | Be found imbedded in some chilly corse , |
| 30 | They may well have certain cerebral pre-adaptations that subtended vocalised speech linked with gesture , which responded in some ancestral line to pressures of selection for an ever more complex code of communication . |