Example sentences of "had been some [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures for applications heard by a single Lord Justice and two and three Lords Justices went a long way to explaining why , despite the facts that the rate at which appeals were begun had shown little change over the years , there had been some small increase in judge-power and that major improvements had been made in the court 's procedures , the number of appeals outstanding at the end of each year and the lead times for hearing appeals showed no real improvement . |
| 2 | She wondered if there had been some procedural delay in charging Theo Sykes . |
| 3 | There had been some good gangster films but the long-term significance of the genre lay really in its impact on contemporary American cinema generally , for it had taught Hollywood the dramatic possibilities of urban life . |
| 4 | Nor do I imagine that Number 10 would have been overjoyed if it had been some young detective constable . ’ |
| 5 | He led the way down the gangplank complaining vaguely to his friends that there had been some disgusting favouritism somewhere . |
| 6 | While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market . |
| 7 | The offenders got off with unduly light sentences , and ugly rumours persisted that there had been some urgent covering-up by Deputies , and even Ministers , who had been embroiled . |
| 8 | He 'd been ordered to report to the Ministry by his Adjutant , and either there had been some colossal mistake or he 'd been sent for under false pretences . |