Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus with some caution that Labour Ministers — who stood to lose their salaries in the event of the party 's defeat — approached the question of the break-up of the coalition . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it was evidently with some unease that President Assad placed his troops in the Saudi desert alongside US forces . |
| 3 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |
| 4 | It was more like some sort of cellar than an upstairs room . |
| 5 | It was only after some years that he found the Thun-Hohensteins , who had also taken refuge in Bavaria , and could give it back to them . |
| 6 | It was only after some months that endothelial denudation was observed with platelet mural thrombus attached to exposed lipid-containing macrophages . |
| 7 | It was therefore with some pride that we showed our visitors just how much JMSA had progressed since the company first opened all those years before . |
| 8 | It was therefore with some trepidation that I ventured out to see if it was possible to meet my own demanding standards and buy a high quality basic marine system within the modest , at today 's prices , £250 budget the editor set me . |
| 9 | It was therefore with some disappointment that we faced Dad 's inquiries about them next morning . |