Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [pers pn] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | This took us some time to do but it was a lot of fun . |
| 2 | Kendall was able to check his results to an extent , since much of his data related to villages whose location was known , and this gave him some confidence in suggesting the locations of the lost villages . |
| 3 | This put it some way below soccer hooliganism , which 75 per cent thought was wrong , and the use of soft drugs such as cannabis ( 60 per cent ) . |
| 4 | He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude . |
| 5 | These gave them some confidence that they were indeed seeing neutrons from fusion , but they were by no means definitive . |
| 6 | These fish have had a special place in my heart ever since I first kept them some years ago , and they are naturally a shoaling fish . |
| 7 | That gave me some time to take my new bearings , and I enjoyed sitting late in the evening in the warmth of the Headmaster 's study thumbing through papers and timetables . |
| 8 | Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space . |