Example sentences of "had been some [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently there must have been very heavy rain higher up the dale because there had been some flooding and the river was running very fast . |
| 2 | Well , it had been some while since she 'd walked ten miles in one go — or even five , for that matter , she excused her fluttering heart . |
| 3 | There had been some doubt until Bodser found the nose-cone of a 3·7 inch anti-aircraft shell , and that settled it . |
| 4 | Though there had been some concern as to what the world 's reaction would be , Wilson had smoothed it over with assurances that the world community could n't deny that America had the right to protect the few hundred of its citizens in Haiti , and to defend the various mining and import/export concessions that had been granted to them . |
| 5 | At Rome there had been some disagreement and even contention for more than a century on the possibility of restoration for believers who committed adultery , murder , or apostasy ( participation in idolatrous rites ) . |
| 6 | It had been some time since I had visited Ingleborough , so last summer I went back with a couple of friends to rediscover some of its hidden treasures . |
| 7 | It had been some time since they had had the chance for such indulgences . |
| 8 | Suffolk was the only link and he could remember quite distinctly , on first going to Nunes , how there had been some dispute as to whether it was in Suffolk or Essex . |