Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] be [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the wording indicates that this had given rise to " considerable discussion " , implying that these methods had been questioned by some present , and the phrase " it was unwise to make any further interpretation " implies that those methods should not be spelled out too explicitly , the clear conclusion of the conference was that the policy being followed by 5 Corps should be given full backing . |
| 2 | Police and army behaviour and tactics had been improved to some extent , especially in appreciating the need for reform policies rather than simple oppression . |
| 3 | Examination of records available on smoking related activity in the control schools indicated that pupils in half of the schools had been exposed to some incidental and unplanned smoking education through events such as No Smoking Day or through associated teaching in home economics or biology . |
| 4 | Both countries had been speaking for some time of their desire to improve relations , without making much progress . |
| 5 | This was reportedly a concession which US oil companies had been seeking for some time . |
| 6 | In the year since the Webster ruling invited states to pass new restricts against abortion , more than 300 bills had been formulated in some 40 states . |
| 7 | When somebody had been convicted of the offence , or no other offences had been committed for some time , the names were removed from the police station notice board — the police needed the space there — and put in a file or destroyed . |
| 8 | Guests had been arriving for some time , for they had heard cars coming and going , but she had n't met any yet . |
| 9 | My trousers had been removed with some force as my right leg was in a great deal of pain around the cast . |
| 10 | Jitters had been splashed with some of the liquid fire from the grenade , but he was lucky enough to have been blown through a hole in the wall by the blast . |
| 11 | Information Centres had been established in some twenty places . |
| 12 | Premium rises had been achieved in some areas , but other sectors had been very competitive . |
| 13 | Profits had been falling for some years ; investment collapsed suddenly in summer 1974 . |
| 14 | The AEEU Scottish organiser , Harry McLevy , said he thought both sides had been inching towards some sort of agreement . |
| 15 | His activities had been known to some antislavery figures long before , but in 1814 his Mitigation of Slavery was published along with an extensive and favourable account by the Scots abolitionist William Dickson in the form of Letters to Thomas Clarkson . |
| 16 | Some would argue that the real problem lies in the fact that shares had been overvalued for some time , and that prices were likely to fall , and that the above events provided the impetus . |
| 17 | Another suggestion was that an entire class of LMS express locomotives had been withdrawn for some reason . |
| 18 | The refugees also claimed that water and electricity supplies had been cut in some parts of Kuwait City but not in others . |