Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [be] [v-ing] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
| 2 | I had been forming some plans , which included writing a book on modern philosophy . |
| 3 | I had been following some seals in bright sunshine , stripped to the waist and taking photographs . |
| 4 | Even before that , I had been recording some of the memories of the older generation of Bishop 's Castle residents , realising how many of them really did ‘ well remember ’ the early part of this century ; much of this material has been used in the ‘ RECALL ’ project at Stone House , whose members have contributed greatly to my understanding of that period . |
| 5 | She 'd been buying some sweets at a local newsagent minutes before the accident . |
| 6 | And then little did he know when he used to leave them in the house , in the back yard , that we 'd been pinching some of them . |
| 7 | It would have been much better if they had been getting some therapy to help them understand why they needed to take drugs in the first place . |
| 8 | We also discussed with GEC Avionics the possibility of providing their diagnostic information in a compatible , electronic format as they had been doing some work in the same area . |
| 9 | These 42ft vehicles were sleeping saloons and , after they had been running some little time , some ordinary coaches 34ft in length , carried on six wheels , were built ; these had a total wheel base of 22ft , or 11 ft between centres . |
| 10 | And there was the gatepost Dad had driven into because he 'd been eyeing some young girl instead of looking where he was going . |
| 11 | He had big banks of lights and speakers on either side of his console with some lower-level relays here in the ballroom ; he 'd been running some smoke and dry ice earlier , and some of it still hung in the air and gave the lighted area beyond the doorways the effect of some offworld film set . |
| 12 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 13 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 14 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 15 | It had been expecting some trouble on May 23th , the anniversary of China 's annexation of Tibet in 1951 . |
| 16 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
| 17 | The master at this time , J.W. , was in trouble when it was reported that he had been boarding some of the officers and two of their relatives in his own apartments under a private arrangement . |
| 18 | He had been reading some fine sentiments in a little book of Carlyle 's , his Heroes and Hero-Worship . |
| 19 | ‘ He had been doing some cricket practice with the younger boarders . |
| 20 | Ranulf 's face was flushed and Corbett surmised he had been sampling some of the tavern 's heady ale . |