Example sentences of "[noun] sometimes [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Policewomen sometimes had to be called from other duties in order to deal with an incident which male colleagues felt incapable of handling . |
| 2 | The desert sand sometimes seemed to be made up of pellets of dried yeast , road-workers ' grit , or face-powder . |
| 3 | It was true that the members of the court sometimes seemed to be in competition in their attempts to gratify Artai 's vanity . |
| 4 | Even the ex-scumnik , Tundrish , spoke with reasonable fluency , though in his case concepts sometimes seemed to be lacking to accompany the words which burbled from his mouth , as if as yet he possessed more words than meanings . |
| 5 | The hand-claps sometimes seemed to be keeping time with my leisurely steps as I wandered under the arcades in the hot night , but that was just a coincidence . |
| 6 | Newspapers sometimes appeared to be providing the rallying cry for future demonstration . |
| 7 | Her worst was when she got in the way ; backstage timing sometimes had to be precise , and it was no place for someone who was still taking in the sights . |
| 8 | Although Churchill sometimes appeared to be unhappy about it , planning for the peace was widely accepted as a legitimate political task during the war . |