Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] was [verb] some " in BNC.
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1 | The Parti Islam SeMalaysia ( PAS ) increased its vote , and , according to the Far Eastern Economic Review of March 19 , 1992 , its continuing influence in the Malay-dominated north was worrying some members of the United Malays National Organization ( UMNO ) , the chief component of the BN . |
2 | There is no church or chapel here , the Methodist chapel was demolished some years ago when road improvements were being carried out . |
3 | Mountbatten saw Charles for what he was and liked what he saw , and for the first time the growing Prince was given some real sense of his own worth . |
4 | The first edition was produced some twenty years after the death of Mohammed — a much smaller gap than that between the death of Jesus and the emergence of the New Testament ! |
5 | The final task was to construct some sort of cover to prevent the fish from jumping out . |
6 | On Monday 27 July 1778 the first major action of the new war was fought some 70 miles [ 112 km ] west of Ushant , and proved indecisive , but convinced Louis XIV 's chief minister , the Comte de Vergennes , that he needed Spanish help to clear the way for a successful invasion . |
7 | A new bridge was fitted some three months later during the winter . |
8 | An official bulletin was expected some time after the consultation . |