Example sentences of "[pron] be some [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 While I was some metres away from it , the ruined door of the tower was flung wide , and the monster emerged .
2 Mind you , he was also daunted by the fact that I was some years his senior .
3 Her are some tips and space for you to keep track of your progress .
4 He pointed to the plate on which were some slices of cold streaky bacon .
5 The son of a wealthy London merchant , Lethieullier was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries ; he knew both William and John Hunter , who in turn must have been aware of his collection of Egyptian antiquities , amongst which were some mummies brought back from Egypt to Aldersbrook by Lethieullier 's cousin , Colonel William Lethieullier .
6 Sadly , the last time I saw it , which was some years ago , it had pretty well faded beyond recognition .
7 planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion .
8 She was some years older than Florence Ames , too , and older than him .
9 She was some years his junior , not pretty , but personable enough , with brown hair , neatly dressed and a good figure .
10 She must be seventeen now ; she was some months older than him .
11 The shooting pain brought an involuntary cry to her lips , loud enough to halt Travis , who was some yards ahead .
12 There are some instructions I should have given my secretary . ’
13 And finally , on the A forty-one at Risecote avenue in Banbury , it 's completely closed southbound and the junction with Orchard Way for paving work , and there are some diversions to your journey there .
14 There are some clinics which will choose not to offer single women or lesbians their service .
15 Before we move on the actual method of working out this printout , please take a closer look at Figure 1 and notice that , at the bottom left hand corner , there are some blocks of colour that appear to be part of the whole design .
16 The most awkward response is that of a partial similar , there are some improvements but there are still problem symptoms .
17 There are some suites available which would suit a family , or friends in groups of three or four , and represent very good value .
18 In some cases long-term relationships grow up between casual workers and particular organizations In a few cases , Particularly In the banqueting establishments of a few large London hotels , where there is at least one " event " on most days of the week and most weeks of the year , there are some casuals who work effectively full-time for the organization concerned .
19 There are some offences to which no matter how full the consent is , there is no defence .
20 However , there are some matters on which we will seek clarification or assurance .
21 There are some boys and girls going away to school , their fathers and mothers filling up the moments of waiting with many injunctions in order to shut out their anxieties which their children must not see .
22 ‘ And there are some boys who are just out to go as far as they can with a girl and get rid of her after a couple of days .
23 Confronted with this , Cheniere retorts that there are some differences that are more salient than others .
24 While there are some differences in the cell types that make up fish , frogs , birds , and ourselves , the main difference lies in the spatial organization of the cells .
25 Budget-holding GPs with budgets to purchase drugs , outpatient treatment and tests and a limited range of inpatient services will be working with an ‘ internal market ’ which is mainly Type I. There are some differences from the situation faced by DHAs in that such GP practices will be able to choose the population that they serve , but will not be responsible for the full range of services .
26 We can then show the direct payments ( line –––– ) which are similar to those which are currently made although there are some differences .
27 However , even here there are some differences : the German position , officially supported by Bonn , is that work should be based on the international agreements signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin , under which the issue would be limited to the return of treasures located on their territory .
28 Data from the Labour Force Survey in 1981 show that high proportions of both women and men who are divorced or separated live in the home of their own parents , although there are some differences related to both gender and social class ( as measured by housing tenure ) .
29 There are some differences , however , and these are best understood if we consider first those who may vote in local elections and second those who may be elected as councillors .
30 Any sociologist has to accept that there are some differences in values between separate groups in society and that people must adapt and innovate to cope with changing social circumstances .
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