Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spadeadam Rocket Establishment came into being some time after 1950 when the Cold War was at its height . |
| 2 | The Examination Council came into being some erm nine months ago and has already been involved in quite a lot of activity , I mean particularly the erm problem of sixteen-plus examining , whether we should move from a system of erm O-levels and C S E , or to a combined system , Sixteen-plus Examination it would probably be called . |
| 3 | The immediate object was to get to the lode ( Fleming 's Vein it came to be called ) , estimated to be some 25 fathoms ahead . |
| 4 | The robes were stained and torn , but there still seemed to be some blood on the bones . |
| 5 | There seemed to be some other words at the bottom of the landscape , but O could not make these out . |
| 6 | There seemed to be some kind of a row going on upstairs . |
| 7 | of for a long time ) and this was a puzzle still to be solved , but at least there seemed to be some evidence that fusion was happening , proving their original hypothesis . |
| 8 | In all four cases where there seemed to be some knowledge of the victim before the alleged offences were committed , the cases were contested by alleging the woman 's consent . |
| 9 | Well yes and no , erm , every body that seemed to get involved there seemed to be some strange thing missing |
| 10 | Whether it was the distance , whether the record , because it must have been a record , had been deliberately slowed — there seemed to be some tonal distortion as well — I could n't tell , but the song came with a dreamlike slowness and dimness , almost as if it was being sung out of the stars and had had to cross all that night and space to reach me . |
| 11 | Next year , though , she would be twenty-five , and that seemed to be some sort of milestone . |
| 12 | It seemed to be some kind of ferry , because they were being poled across from one side of the canal to the other — while they remained standing , like people on a packed London bus . |
| 13 | ‘ There seemed to be some doubt in your mind about my exact gender , ’ Maggie put in drily , and he cast her an irritated look , his dark eyes running over her again as she sat facing him , her hands in the pockets of the loose shirt . |
| 14 | As for the Lothian lands in lay possession , Thorfinn 's message explained , there certainly seemed to be some confusion as to where the frontiers lay , and to which overlord , if any , the present owners should pay service and dues . |
| 15 | Finally , there also seemed to be some evidence than an internal bias towards helplessness ( similar to Seligman 's concept ) was implicated at some stage , in making PMP more likely or leading to poor coping responses . |
| 16 | I can not remember if he asked if they were British or not , but there seemed to be some doubt as to whose side these bombers were on . |
| 17 | Basically , the latest , and I must n't take any credit , and there seemed to be some credit , Chair . |
| 18 | There is , however , bound to be some unease on both sides , and this will disappear only as members of both institutes work together in running courses , planning local centre events , and other ventures . |
| 19 | For rectification to be applicable , there needed to be some prior agreement between the parties , the agreement still needed to be effective when the instrument ( ie the s 54 agreement ) was effected , and the instrument should have failed because of a mistake . |
| 20 | Existing users can have their products upgraded for a cost expected to be some £500 per site ; new users can buy products from the wide-ranging series at between £900 and £50,000 . |
| 21 | " Is this meant to be some kind of a threat ? " |
| 22 | In a very small voice , she said , ‘ Was that meant to be some kind of proposal ? |
| 23 | Though now , as Liz recited names of guests , she saw Charles drift away into what she took to be some private realm of financial speculation and morose managerial debate : he started to bite the inside of his lip , as he did when preoccupied , and to drum his fingers on the silvery-yellow brocade of the settee . |
| 24 | It depicted what he took to be some sort of religious ritual . |
| 25 | It proved to be some extremely strong wine he had hidden . |
| 26 | The Hon. Peter Horbury appeared to be some ten or twelve years younger than the earl . |
| 27 | There appeared to be some similarity with the decline of Macmillan 's regime in the early sixties — Cabinet reshuffles ; acute balance of payments ' difficulties , a shaky pound , and high interest rates ; a renewal of strikes on the railways , the docks , and in local government services ; a somewhat disaffected public apprehensive at Britain 's declining power in the world . |
| 28 | In fact Devon appeared to be some way behind other areas of the country in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 29 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 30 | However , from the supplementary information collected , by questionnaire , from LEAs a year alter the initial review , there appeared to be some increase in the use of the reported incidence of practical work , and about two-thirds of the completed questionnaires indicated that calculator skills were tested . |