Example sentences of "be [vb pp] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jagged hole through which he 'd been propelled some minutes before now rushed past his face once every minute or so . |
| 2 | Nothing can be more exciting than the first time that you are given some flowers , and particularly red roses . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't actually fixed a time when I will return , it just depends when I am made some offers . ’ |
| 4 | When the product selection has been made some options for managing records may have been made impossible by the operating environment or application software . |
| 5 | On Aug. 19 Joint Political and Military Commission ( CCPM ) observers reported that the situation remained tense , and expressed dismay that recommendations to end the violence , which had been made some days earlier , had yet to be implemented . |
| 6 | Where one-off items have been selected some stores will reserve them for you , but you may have to buy them yourself if they are n't chosen . |
| 7 | Tonight , though , we 're given some clues as to why the bachelor detective leads such a very private life . |
| 8 | I 've had some packed lunches which were perfect , but I 've also been sold some horrors . |
| 9 | In table 9.8 are shown some examples of the changes in unit costs which were used in the GRE formulae over the short period from 1983/4 to 1986/7 . |
| 10 | He is therefore likely to have been born some years before 1248 . |
| 11 | If in Holy Scripture there are found some injunctions forbidding the infliction of some cruelty towards brute animals … this is either for removing a man 's mind from exercising cruelty towards other men … or because the injury inflicted on animals turns to a temporal loss for some man … |
| 12 | The danger of course will be that once the form and nature of the tests are known some teachers may be tempted — some even told in schools where league tables will be revered — to teach to the test . |
| 13 | It was understood that the car was one reported to have been stolen some days earlier from a car park in Colchester . |
| 14 | It might be possible for people in such circumstances ( perhaps when redundancies have been notified some weeks in advance ) to be supported and perhaps taught techniques to cope with the anxiety and avoid being overpessimistic or ‘ catastrophising ’ ( see next section ) . |
| 15 | Social Services Departments vary in the way they register childminders , but you will probably be visited in your home and be given some forms to complete . |
| 16 | A gantry traffic light will be installed above the centre of the road , hand railing will provide additional protection for pedestrians , and the bus stop outside Milroy Walk is likely to be moved some metres south and recessed into the wide pavement . |
| 17 | Yet personal encounters , first as Cripps 's deputy in the Treasury and later as chancellor of the exchequer , persuaded Gaitskell that there were some people in Washington who appreciated that Britain must be granted some safeguards for her economy . |
| 18 | Finally deciding it was not only pointless , but spineless as well to stand at the door waiting for a man who would n't come , she went up to bed , and surprisingly she fell asleep almost at once , only to be woken some hours later by a violent storm . |
| 19 | Under this heading will be found some motels and motor hotels , with bedroom facilities mainly on a self-service basis . |
| 20 | You will probably be asked some questions about your health , and you will need to have a routine chest X-ray if you have n't had one lately . |
| 21 | For Christian Aid to be involved some elements of Christian Aid 's normal programme of work would need to be included : |
| 22 | At the meeting Kohl yielded to Polish pressure in agreeing that the treaty should be signed some months earlier than he had anticipated . |
| 23 | Finally , a ‘ psychiatric post-mortem ’ might be held some weeks later when staff feel less distressed . |
| 24 | Good stakes can last a long time , but it does help if they are cut some months before they are used , and well seasoned . |
| 25 | It had been converted some years before Miss Dalgliesh had bought it by the addition of a flint-faced , two-storey building with a large sitting room , smaller study and a kitchen on the ground floor and three bedrooms , two of them with their own bathrooms , on the floor above . |
| 26 | The photograph had been taken some years ago at a GLC panto . |
| 27 | As an aid in their redesign , the executives were given some handouts that described a different set of behaviours . |
| 28 | The wideband cable systems which were trumpeted some years ago could well carry high quality sound as well as umpteen television channels but their development has run into serious economic problems . |
| 29 | Preparations for the his-and-hers festive cards were made some months ago . |
| 30 | Plans for this were made some years ago , but it has not been possible to proceed with them ( a ) because of lack of funds , and ( b ) because the personnel department has overall responsibility in all departments of the authority ’ … |