Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [prep] some [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | Though he 'd never used it , the Bowl was reputedly the most accurate prophetic tool known in the worlds , and now — sitting amid his treasures , with a sense growing in him that events on Earth in the last few days were leading to some matter of moment — he brought the Bowl down from its place on the highest shelf , unwrapped it , and set it on the table . |
| 3 | I realized that they were talking about some poems of Emily 's . |
| 4 | When Dexter focused back on the conversation , Blanche was laughing at some joke of Eddy Russell 's that the sergeant had missed . |
| 5 | We were just walking away , and I was looking for some sort of rubbish container in which to put the bag of icing sugar , when we suddenly heard all those sirens going , and saw masses of policemen running into the park . |
| 6 | Tormented , Eliot was searching for some sort of salvation . |
| 7 | An uncomfortable pause while he sat forward on the sofa holding his coffee cup in both hands and gazing into it as if he was waiting for some kind of chemical reaction . |
| 8 | I already knew it was n't a good idea ; I could hear the tone of my voice rising higher and higher as I spoke the sentence , and that was always a sign I was getting into some sort of verbal mess . |
| 9 | Until he got Jackson 's note he had been convinced that the man was suffering from some sort of regular illness . |
| 10 | He thought he was suffering from some sort of glandular disease . |
| 11 | He was perceptive enough to know that she was suffering from some sort of emotional wound that had nothing to do with him . |
| 12 | By that it was clear that he was referring to some sort of spiritual renaissance , and he succeeded , as so often , in implicitly prophesying the emergence of men like Solzhenitsyn . |
| 13 | The University denied it was hoping for some form of financial benefit from the visit . |
| 14 | The Shah 's enemies saw the move differently , The fact that they was now lingering in the area , first in Egypt an now Morocco , rather than proceeding straight to the United States as announced , inevitably aroused the suspicion that he was hoping for some sort of repeat of 1953 . |
| 15 | Greg was working on some kind of deal in Italy not long before he … before the accident . |