Example sentences of "some [noun] [verb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 . ’ |
| 2 | It re-appeared a few weeks later as Netwise UK Ltd , in what some creditors argued at the time was ‘ an apparent breach of Section 312 of the UK Insolvency Act of 1986 , ’ ( UX No 375 ) . |
| 3 | Some sedimentation occurs at the chamber floor but crystal concentration increases with time . |
| 4 | As all water contains some ‘ heavy hydrogen ’ ( deuterium ) , where the single proton of the conventional hydrogen nucleus is accompanied by a neutron , there should be some deuterium produced at the cathode too . |
| 5 | A long way away , he could hear the sound of some dogs howling at the night sky . |
| 6 | It must be appended to the document either by the signer or by some person acting at the signer 's direction and in the signer 's presence . |
| 7 | Tight-eyed against the light , I found some finger holds at the edge of reach and slid , sackless for the second time , onto the white slab . |
| 8 | Then she gradually took over the conversation , talking about her parents and the farm , saying she knew she was old-fashioned and some people laughed at the way she farmed , but she was happy with her methods and she liked the animals . |
| 9 | At a party given by John Harvard for the Herbert Reads in June , he came with fireworks and some items bought at the joke shop opposite the British Museum : sugar which when immersed let out little fish , and chocolates which he thought to be filled with sawdust but were in fact made of soap ; the guests , he said , " set on me " . |
| 10 | There was some concern expressed at the Director being singled out for criticism , but the Chief Officer considered that the criticism was necessary ‘ since it was the leadership which was stifling academic development and progress ’ . |
| 11 | The other possibility for this particular birthday was to press some flowers used at the birthday party or some of the flowers received as gifts . |
| 12 | Moving the game to a new playing field is a great idea , but you need not only another team to play against , but some spectators to pay at the gate . |
| 13 | Moving the game to a new playing field is a great idea , but you need not only another team to play against , but some spectators to pay at the gate . |
| 14 | Some remarks made at the time by the defence correspondent of a major London weekly are representative of a good deal of professional opinion expressed both then and since . |
| 15 | His room overlooked our house , and he could watch the comings and goings — we were having some turf laid at the time in which he was taking a great interest — and I used to drive round there every evening at half past five and bring him home for a meal , after which we would chat or watch television . |
| 16 | The advantage however is accidental , and brings with it difficulties of its own ; assuming that matter , unlike ch'i , is inert until moved , it took some time to arrive at the thought of inertia as either rest or uniform motion in a straight line . |
| 17 | After Broadman had left , at a run , the alchemist spent some time staring at the ceiling . |