Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the decade before the war , Jewish settlement in the East End led to some involvement in the London underworld on the part of the Jewish population . |
| 2 | The estimated cost of all these improvements amounted to some £18,000 . |
| 3 | So the struggle became to some extent a contest between the German bishops and the pope , and the position of the German bishops in extending the conflict can only be understood if we understand their relationships with the political parties and the rival claimants . |
| 4 | Erm , members will be aware of the at the bottom of Abbey Foregate , opposite the Abbey which work is currently under way on , erm initial discussions with County Council officers from E E D department led to some suggestions being made . |
| 5 | Kefalov bulged like some fossil brain adorned with innumerable ridges . |
| 6 | Rizla waded into some plastic sheeting and resumed her second teething phase with it . |
| 7 | For his part Humphrys maintained with some justice that any binding provision would not be compatible with Iraq 's future independent status . |
| 8 | Elisa rose in some confusion , wishing to remonstrate with her host about the abundance of his generosity . |
| 9 | Minsky and Papert studied in some detail how elaborate a perceptron must be in order to recognise a particular class . |
| 10 | Inevitably the industry came under some pressure from the Government to control this burgeoning demand from domestic consumers , without which the capacity crisis would have been a good deal less serious . |
| 11 | In the early days both methods co-existed for some time in Great Britain , but the adherents of each method campaigned against one another here and elsewhere in Europe until towards the close of the nineteenth century , when oralism for the time being triumphed in all European countries . |
| 12 | But then the shattering instant fallback into sub-light speed felt like some thing was trying to pull my bones out through my flesh . |
| 13 | Those of us dropping into Dunedin with a touring international or provincial team could usually rely , if things had not gone well for Otago , on Mains later proclaiming that his side had in some way been unfairly treated either by fate or the referee . |
| 14 | Blaney 's success in the States lasted for some years and then , in 1910 , the affluent company decided to tour Great Britain . |
| 15 | ‘ We must be giving them quite some headaches in the Pentagon , ’ Hawkins said in some satisfaction . |
| 16 | Richard shrugged with some diffidence . |
| 17 | Whenever I seemed to advance towards him , my steps deviated in some way . |
| 18 | Therese said with some ferocity , ‘ They think of themselves . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm going to have to travel up to London every day of the week , ’ Meredith said with some regret . |
| 20 | As it happened , though the tension continued for some time after the building of the Berlin Wall in August to stop the flight of East Germans to the West , the two sides had to settle for a stalemate . |
| 21 | Surely it is clear to anyone who might imagine that we are discussing an activity that could legitimately be called ’ joyriding ’ — from the incident that I have cited and from the horrors of the case in Liverpool , where a car ploughed into some children — just what a murderous evil that activity is . |
| 22 | Though your story told of some doubt about their future together , the happy ending was written in their eyes . |
| 23 | New demands on management led to some confusion as to whether there were in existence models which were still of value . |
| 24 | Proving the truth of his words , after a few hundred yards the gondola drew alongside some steps . |
| 25 | The commodities boom had increased many less developed countries ' ( LDC ) export earnings , and imports rose with some lag . |
| 26 | Glastonbury held the door open while a walking-frame entered at some speed followed by its lean and dapper-looking proprietor . |
| 27 | From a hefty £685 million in 1979 , their combined share wealth rose to some £6.7 billion when Mrs Thatcher left office , a ten-fold increase easily beating the 240% increase in the cost of living . |
| 28 | He will start on the substitutes ' bench and Souness said : ‘ The chances are good people will see Barnes involved at some stage . ’ |
| 29 | England suffered to some extent from a similar gulf between her real power and her ceremonial status during the Interregnum of 1649 – 60 , a gulf in this case deepened by the widespread hostility aroused by the execution of Charles I. For several years the standing of the representatives abroad of the various Commonwealth governments was seriously weakened by the disappearance of the monarchy : in 1654 , for example , the Danish ambassador in Sweden claimed precedence over his English equivalent since the latter was acting for Cromwell , a mere protector , not for an anointed king . |
| 30 | Winter arrived in some parts of West Germany just 15 days after autumn officially began and some areas in the Black Forest and the Alps recorded freezing temperatures and snowfalls |