Example sentences of "sometimes [vb past] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The desire to " discover " useful texts sometimes led to forgeries , as the False Decretals . |
| 2 | The ignorance of ordinary people sometimes led to exaggerations of the self-indulgence of the Ceauşescus after the revolution . |
| 3 | Since Scott is primarily neither a storyteller nor a director of actors — though the film was strongly cast , making the latter point less significant — he sometimes resorted to tricks to get a response . |
| 4 | Great dinosaurs were excavated from the American west while it was still ‘ wild ’ — early fossil-hunters had to contend with hostile Indians and sometimes came to blows over possession of the richest sites . |
| 5 | He sometimes preached to congregations of some two to three thousand who listened to him with ‘ much attention and willingness ’ . |