Example sentences of "[pron] [been] some " in BNC.

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1 But have n't there been some great political records ?
2 The occasional and unfortunate accidents have been due to inadequate safety procedures , not to lack of understanding of the basic nuclear processes ; had there been some previously unknown nuclear process taking place at room temperature in solid materials and that had been somehow overlooked , then it is likely that we would have discovered this long ago in some reactor .
3 Only recently has there been some serious debate within multiculturalism about the issues involved , although with very little guidance on how teachers are to approach and facilitate discussion around the inevitable questions which arise regarding the evaluation of different cultural representations , know ledges and practices .
4 Had there been some awful dispute between London and Tehran or had the Americans done something unforgivable ?
5 ‘ Had there been some sort of quarrel ? ’
6 Indeed , had he been some eight years older , he would have been born a subject of the pope — but the Piedmontese put an end to that possibility when they invaded Rome in 1870 .
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