Example sentences of "had been [adv] [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We headed for the 4th Squadron where we had been officially invited by some of the English members . |
| 2 | Maybe , when Lisabeth had been forcibly retired to some maximum security retirement home in Frinton ( as the sign said : ‘ Harwich for the Continent ; Frinton for the Incontinent ’ ) then I 'd consider it . |
| 3 | Aden was at that time an RAF command , in which the operational policy of air control had been successfully applied for some years . |
| 4 | The basic idea of evolution was not unknown because it had been actively supported by some radicals during the 1830s and 1840s . |
| 5 | Ninety-eight ( 18 per cent ) said they had been sexually abused at some time , including 82 girls — the victims of rape , incest , sexual assault or prostitution . |
| 6 | Eighteen per cent of these young people had been sexually abused at some time and 4 per cent of the females cited this as the main reason for running ( Newman , forthcoming ) . |