Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 31 | Surmounted by a slender clock-tower , which summoned the Belgian bourgeoisie to rendezvous with the trains as surely as any muezzin summoning the faithful to prayer , it looks for all the world as if it has been transported by some mischievous jinn on a magic carpet . |
| 32 | It has been shown in some animal species that there are nerves running from the eyes to the SCN . |
| 33 | We assume that it is enough that the new way will prove better than the old way once it has been tried for some time . |
| 34 | It took Donna a moment or two to realize that it had been activated by some kind of electric eye . |
| 35 | The thought that it had been inside his mouth , touching his tongue and gums and those rather small but perfect teeth , that it had been drenched in some of his most intimate fluids gave me an erotic thrill . |
| 36 | The gallery itself looked as if it had been carved by some giant sculptor , minute details in the stonework wrought by caring as well as skilful hands . |
| 37 | The schedule of accommodation which forms the basic document around which the rest of the building note is developed , and which I shall illustrate , was prepared , for this particular group of patients , in precisely the same way as it had been done for some of the other sub-groups within mental illness and mental handicapped for which various supplements have been prepared to which I referred above . |
| 38 | It had been recognised for some time that only through rationalisation into larger productive and distributive units could the movement overcome the damaging rivalries among societies in the same neighbourhood , and through economies of scale promote further growth . |
| 39 | It had been taken after some of the wettest Spring weather we had ever experienced in Norfolk . |
| 40 | At the time of the Arab invasion in 639 the population has been estimated at between 20 and 30 million , but when Napoleon invaded the decaying Ottoman Egypt in 1798 it had been reduced to some two and a half million . |
| 41 | It had been known for some time that relations between Stephenson and Villa were strained because of the player 's insistence on living in his home-town of Newcastle , and several clubs , keen to secure him , were watching the situation closely . |
| 42 | I 'm sure it 's been operated in some places but your policy and resources committee do recommend that we do not go down that road . |
| 43 | It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes . |