Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I felt I 'd been caught in some street scam . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been hired for some zany roles in this metropolis , and a few of them leaned towards the crooked . |
| 3 | ‘ I HAVE been portrayed as some sort of tyrant landlady . |
| 4 | I would guess that she has been hurt at some time in the past , probably having banged her head or hip . |
| 5 | She 'd been strangled with some kind of flex or cord . |
| 6 | Initially , she had been ostracised in some quarters , and on several occasions when she had arranged a soiree , rival parties had been arranged for the same night . |
| 7 | You have been struck by some particular type of person and have found a plausible set of circumstances in which a person of that type would commit a murder . |
| 8 | No I did n't Stefan , we 've been blamed for some things in our time , have n't we but |
| 9 | ‘ We 've been approached by some welfare organization about group bookings . |
| 10 | We had been affianced for some weeks . ’ |
| 11 | The contents of motion one seven eight appear to be sound , conference , we have been tried and we have been tried by some regions in a very limited way with some success . |
| 12 | We have been accused by some of having too many features about the south of England , by others of having too many about Scotland and Wales ; of having too much mud on our boots , of romanticising the countryside , of being too green , too blue , too red , too expensive and aspirational in our tastes , too harshly realistic in our coverage of controversial issues . |
| 13 | They 've been described by some as the ugliest dogs in the world . |
| 14 | When they had been seated for some time Titch said : ‘ I suppose you 've heard the news ? ’ |
| 15 | They looked as if they had been arranged by some cleaner who had been sent in to tidy up and who did not know that in this room Ernest Jarvis had hanged himself . |
| 16 | But they had been chosen for some little time already . |
| 17 | Whether they had been worked at some preceding date is a matter of no little conjecture but is unlikely and it seems that the miners from Keswick started there in 1599 . |
| 18 | The sixteen paintings seem likely to remain with the Uffizi , where they have been stored for some time . |
| 19 | In recent years several British ensembles have begun to draw upon an ‘ exotic ’ instrumentarium of this kind once again , but they have been marginalized to some degree . |
| 20 | ‘ I am disappointed for the crowd because generally they have been treated to some good football here and all our performance lacked was some goals . |
| 21 | For this was not the anger of the cripple , who can never be sure if he has been shaped by some vengeful god or made accidentally by a purposeless universe . |
| 22 | It has been assumed by some writers that statements of attainment should be adapted for children with learning difficulties by producing more detailed learning hierarchies than the statutory orders provide . |
| 23 | You will soon realise that this is no ordinary bishop 's letter , since it has been written by some young people from this deanery . |
| 24 | Because of its limited appeal among Grand Prix drivers , it has been ignored for some record purposes in the statistical section to be found at the end of this chapter . |
| 25 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 26 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 27 | Although there is no certain cause of the hemispheric pattern , it has been related by some researchers to the eruption last year of El Chichon in Mexico , and by others to a recurring cycle of drought and flood in the southern hemisphere . |
| 28 | It has been suspected for some time that North Korea has been working on a nuclear device . |
| 29 | It has been argued by some that training plays no part in refining the skills of headship which can only be learned through experience ; presumably the proponents of this view would say that it also applies to officers . |
| 30 | It has been argued by some cat experts that any vet performing this convenience operation should be prosecuted for cruelty to animals , but this is unfair to them . |