Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to know whether the legend thereon was printed , or machine-embroidered ; whether the label itself was stitched into the pants , or appliquéd in some fashion ; whether the label indicates an element of design , or whether the information it retails relates purely to the material constitution of the aforementioned pants . |
| 2 | Media people , people from the advertising company Andy has just left , a few politicians — mostly Tory or Social Democrats though there are a couple of Labour guys — bankers , lawyers , business advisers , investment experts , actors , TV people — at least one film crew , though their lights are switched off for now — various other city types , a scattering of people who are , well , just professionally famous , and the remainder seemingly either part of some enormous floating meta-party or hired from some agency to impersonate people having a whale of a time : Rent-a-Hoot or something similar . |
| 3 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 4 | Decide on your herbs , and then find out what kind of soil they need — moist , heavy and deep , or dry , well-drained and short of plant food ; also whether they do best in sun or a little shade , with shelter , or exposed to some wind , and whether they are immune to cold , or need cosseting and protection . |
| 5 | Now and then he got hold of a book , or looked at some prints , or chatted with a local worthy , but it was a hard life and they were in narrow circumstances . |
| 6 | It is common for the installation instructions to ask the licensed user to make a copy of the program first and use this as the working copy , placing the original disks in a safe place in case the working disks become damaged or corrupted in some way . |
| 7 | He stands in the hall , shaking his head , as if he himself is a Rottweiler that crashed through some glass . |
| 8 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 9 | If this is the case , a universe that developed from some sort of random initial conditions should contain a number of regions that are smooth and uniform and are suitable for the evolution of intelligent life . |
| 10 | The Labour Party refused to consider the United Front proposals and for over two years the only form of " Unity " was that established with some difficulty between the ILP and the Communist Party . |
| 11 | She had a poise about her that spoke of some sort of inner peace and Jenna 's mind went back to her own mother — the beauty , the restless energy , the quick , sharp voice . |
| 12 | This resolves the point that had to some extent been an open question before the Act . |
| 13 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 14 | He was a brilliant scholar , and lived for some time at ‘ Titeup Hall , ’ Dalton . |
| 15 | In addition to having worked in Germany and the USSR , and lived for some time before the war in France , I was brought up for the first five years of my life in India in a native state where I was the only white child . |
| 16 | Through this work she met and married a dashing test pilot who was the son of a wealthy Boston brain surgeon , had two children and lived in some style on Long Island where Jack spent many holiday breaks , lapping up the upper-class luxury . |
| 17 | They belong to a charmed group known collectively as ‘ the lobby ’ and reviled in some quarters as the slavish lackeys of the Government . |
| 18 | I 've been and watched and contributed to some degree , erm or at least in listening to the reports of governors at the school , erm , in the allocation of some of their contracts , which of course include some being let under L M S and some being let under G M S , with regard to building and cleaning , they were very disappointed with the presentation that the D S O gave , and even though the D S O was eight thousand pounds less than the competing bidder , O C S , they gave the contract to O C S , and a report has had to be made to the district auditor to give their reasons . |
| 19 | Lambert touched down shakily , got lost and drove into some bog where his wheels stuck fast , the nose buried itself , and the tail reared high like a flag on a steeple . |
| 20 | After 1967 Jordan hoped that it could recover the West Bank , and believed for some years that this would be possible . |
| 21 | He asked about proceedings at Central Strike Headquarters and lingered for some time on the subject although he received no information . |
| 22 | So er and ripped off some letters blah blah blah , so that 's ongoing , you know it 's going to be replaced and the er people who did it admitted liability and so forth . |
| 23 | The other girls agreed , so Anne got into the boat and hid under some coats . |
| 24 | and hid behind some rocks |
| 25 | She turned from the counter and glanced through some boxes , then said , ‘ I 'm afraid we 've only got fifty of the large size , sir . |
| 26 | The person who wants to explore , keep on the move and typified by some form of touring holiday . |
| 27 | He was booted off and landed on some fencing , causing great damage to his testicular region . |
| 28 | Exchange traded futures have their origins in the markets for agricultural products , and existed in some form already in the seventeenth century in Amsterdam and in Osaka . |
| 29 | Clarissa closed hers quickly and scrambled into some clothes . |
| 30 | Rotating shafts buried in the walls transmitted the energy from the central machinery to the faces , and rumbled in some places , squeaked in others , and leaked oil ubiquitously . |