Example sentences of "[vb infin] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 2 | The least they can expect is some direction from the political parties prior to the election . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the things I could see were some sheep droppings , a stone or two , my rucksack and an aluminium ring pull from someone 's can of juice . |
| 4 | The uncertainty principle implies that the early universe can not have been completely uniform because there must have been some uncertainties or fluctuations in the positions and velocities of the particles . |
| 5 | If only he 'd been able to finish off the plastic swan and the weeping-kid picture there 'd have been some hope for the flat . |
| 6 | If only they 'd started when they were young like himself , there might have been some hope for them . |
| 7 | If she had picked on anyone else there might have been some hope ; but not a Felton . |
| 8 | There may just have been some hope of effecting change through organization , especially when the numbers of women were still low ( about 300 at the end of the 18805 ) , though the means chosen were not welcomed by the rank and file of the men 's union . |
| 9 | If he had denied it there could have been some hope . |
| 10 | Obviously there would have been some overlap , but this is essentially the time scale of the construction . |
| 11 | There may have been some support for him among the cardinals , but they were not prepared to act in concert and several now put themselves forward . |
| 12 | ‘ It must have been some idea the architect had . |
| 13 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 14 | It was not a contest to excite the audience and there must have been some anxiety in Mason 's corner as it approached a critical stage . |
| 15 | Hall no doubt attempted to justify his action , by referring to the meeting that he had with Lewis on 4th August , and although Palmerston said that he had checked with Lewis , there must have been some misunderstanding between the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 16 | There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed . |
| 17 | There might have been some difficulty there because of Giles ‘ s position , because of the conflict of interest . |
| 18 | When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted . |
| 19 | From medieval times there must have been some kind of dwelling on the slight rise in the ground upon which the house stood . |
| 20 | There must have been some kind of remorse . |
| 21 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 22 | Er there would have been some cases where that had happened erm and clearly the nationalists had withdrawn from most of southern China into , into south west China and therefore erm th th there 'd been er and there was quite a lot of fighting going , still going across south China so i it 's not quite the same . |
| 23 | ‘ But there must have been some word , ’ she said impatiently , ‘ some message . ’ |
| 24 | There must evidently have been some panic to get the depôt clear in time to reopen for service cars . |
| 25 | there must have been some money there first . |
| 26 | If the increase in child benefit had been a real increase , there might have been some logic in that . |
| 27 | There must have been some mistake as a cheque for £25 was sent to your on 27th June 1991 and I received a letter of thanks on 30th July 1991 . |
| 28 | We thought there 'd have been some response |
| 29 | WE shall probably never know the appointments Neil Kinnock had in store for his first week as Prime Minister , but there would have been some surprises . |
| 30 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |