Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [been] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 2 | She had been in some tight spots with her work but this had hit her hard because she cared very much about the girl . |
| 3 | It had been a hectic period during which we had been under some pressure . |
| 4 | She did not feel very close to her mother , although they had been through some rough times together : |
| 5 | They had been for some ten minutes locked in a close embrace , the length of their bodies pressed together . |
| 6 | We somehow got on to the subject of detective stories , for it had been with some surprise that I learnt at the Old Parsonage meeting that at one time he had read them with avidity . |
| 7 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
| 8 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 9 | If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos . |