Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drexel assets were calculated at some $2,600 million and it was agreed to divide these between the bank 's creditors and the various litigants . |
| 2 | But superimposed on this background were brief ‘ bursts ’ of high-frequency activity , in which whole ensembles of cells were firing in some sort of rhythmic synchrony ( Figure 10.10 ) . |
| 3 | Inevitably , follow up appointments were given to some extent on a subjective basis according to the laser endoscopist 's previous experience . |
| 4 | A common lawyer , as in the 1520s , might seem a better choice than either a noble or a cleric in an office so concerned with the law , but in the early fourteenth century common lawyers were regarded with some suspicion by the king-witness the attempts to get them barred from parliament — and by people whose complaints about the corruption of lay judges were frequent until late in the century . |
| 5 | I know that local playgroups find them useful , certainly for skittles and as cone and ball games , but I though maybe if they were filled with some sort of plaster and decorated , they would make good door stops . |
| 6 | But I am sure that we should get on better if we were to come to some terms with them " . |
| 7 | Although most enterprises limited their protests to putting up flags and posters , work stoppages ranging from 15 minutes to eight hours were reported from some districts . |
| 8 | At the height of its development , two main temples lay side by side amidst other structures and were approached through some form of monumental gateway to the east . |
| 9 | Over half of the staff of 62 were interviewed at some point , many more than once — a total of 66 interviews altogether . |
| 10 | All the major parties were committed to some extent to discredited policies and persons . |
| 11 | Western countries led by France were said in some reports to be fearful of the destabilization of Morocco should a UN-organized vote go against King Hassan II 's claim to Western Sahara . |
| 12 | A shadow fell on them from time to time , from his own past as well as from hers , and it seemed then that they were threatened by some evil which could blot out their joy at a moment 's notice . |
| 13 | My provisional settlement proposals were met by some criticisms that they could lead to substantial increases in council tax levels , increases as high as fifteen percent were suggested . |
| 14 | Annette Dolphin , working with Tim Bliss , showed that , when the perforant pathway is stimulated in vivo , there is an increased release of glutamate in the hippocampus , and the biochemical mechanisms of this release were mapped in some detail by Marina Lynch . |
| 15 | Three main reasons were given for the apparent lack of enthusiasm : board members found it difficult to spare additional time for this form of training ; they were doubtful of the ability of outside trainers to provide training in tune with local needs ; attempts by some education authorities to retain part of the training budget in order to supply such area sessions were seen by some members as demonstrating a lack of trust in the board 's ability to organise its own training . |
| 16 | All Were injured in some way like me . |
| 17 | The Secretaryship , possibly joint with Club Stewardship , was in the control of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Young from 1914 to 1921 at which Annual General Meeting they were presented with some silver ‘ for keeping the club going for the last six years ’ . |
| 18 | Spot checks or random monitoring visits were felt by some societies to hold out more prospect of deterring and detecting fraud than a routine requirement to produce a six-monthly report — a view supported by FIMBRA . |
| 19 | For the next hour the fairground gradually filled with people , mainly families with young children or teenagers who had become bored with their tour round the factory and were looking for some excitement . |
| 20 | Yeah and then we were looking for some carpeting were n't we ? |
| 21 | He wondered it if were connected in some way with the fouling of the water system . |
| 22 | Our exhibition filled two floors in a dilapidated warehouse in which squatters , mainly British , were living in some squalor ; the other exhibitions were in houses , old shops , small factory spaces , offices and warehouses . |
| 23 | What and they were matched in some way ? |
| 24 | The absence of a non-Roman catholic school in the immediate area and the naïve belief that they were empowered in some way to have a say in what type of school should appear on their housing estate — there was a small Roman catholic school which was to be expanded to cater for the growth of the population — may have sharpened catholic parents ' interest in having an integrated school . |
| 25 | The terms were used in some LEAs to identify children on Statements of Special Educational Needs , and they were adopted by some authors to talk about the curriculum ( Gulliford 1985 ) . |
| 26 | But the miners ' strike did not only reveal that èlite groups of police officers were operating to some extent under national co-ordination and control . |
| 27 | The Cambridge Group for the Study of Population and Social Structure ( CAMPOP ) have shown that in seventy communities where total lists of inhabitants were made at some point between the late sixteenth and the early nineteenth century the proportion of householders who were widowed was about 1:5 ; at Clayworth ( Notts. ) in 1688 it was higher than 1:4 . |
| 28 | No I do n't know , they were made by some factory . |
| 29 | Similar rules were made by some village committees and municipalities . |
| 30 | Fortunes were made by some mine owners and millions of pounds'-worth of lead was taken . |