Example sentences of "some [noun] [vb past] they were " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some experts suggested they were due to other industries nearby — like chemical factories and oil refineries . |
| 2 | Clubs had agreed a deal with Central for the first two months of the season , but it was thrown into doubt after some clubs said they were n't getting paid enough . |
| 3 | Some survivors complained they were being herded towards the site of the second bomb and were only 50ft away when it exploded . |
| 4 | They are furious that some people thought they were just some zany fashion experience , a house group , Seventies revivalists . |
| 5 | ‘ Some people said they were fund managers but we ca n't really be sure , ’ says a BP spokesman , darkly . |
| 6 | Mm some people decided they were going to work as a , as a group on their table , to gather information and when you were doing the tallies last week , you helped each other did n't you , some of you helped , you were talking to one another to help make sure that you got the right number of tallies , if you worked with some other people to get the survey questions and do the tallies , sign it , if you did everything on your own , leave it blank is anyone not sure what to do there ? |
| 7 | Walker says that although the animals were fully anaesthetised , some students believed they were suffering ‘ Of course , there is no similar emotional reaction when the computer takes the place of the animal . ’ |