Example sentences of "[vb past] at some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glastonbury held the door open while a walking-frame entered at some speed followed by its lean and dapper-looking proprietor . |
| 2 | When the train stopped at some town in Kent I got off . |
| 3 | He will start on the substitutes ' bench and Souness said : ‘ The chances are good people will see Barnes involved at some stage . ’ |
| 4 | B : [ pragmatically interpreted particle ] the milkman came at some time prior to the time of speaking Yet it is clear to native speakers that what would ordinarily be communicated by such an exchange involves considerably more , along the lines of the italicized material in ( 3 ) : ( 3 ) A : Do you have the ability to tell me the time of the present moment , as standardly indicated on a watch , and if so please do so tell me B : No I do n't know the exact time of the present moment , but I can provide some information from which you may be able to deduce the approximate time , namely the milkman has come ( see R. Lakoff , 1973a ; Smith & Wilson , 1979 : 172ff for a discussion of such examples ) . |
| 5 | Kruk ( 1989 ) referring to non-custodial fathers in divorce , claims that those who arrived at some level of resolution of their grief were those who were in fact able to maintain regular contact with their child . |
| 6 | One of the reasons for believing that cross-species extrapolation is possible at all is that all living animals have evolved from common ancestors that existed at some time in the distant past . |
| 7 | Brenda Thompson talked at some length about her daughter , her friend who was poorly and her ever so humble beginnings . |
| 8 | Some document that erm was produced and lost at some point or . |
| 9 | In 1970 52 per cent of the population listened at some point during the day , but only 43 per cent in 1986 . |
| 10 | A gate set up by Tom Poole at the bottom of the Lime Street orchard led directly into his own garden , a small secluded area which lay at some distance behind Poole 's house in Castle Street and which –contained , beneath the shelter of a lime-tree , a jasmine-covered arbour . |
| 11 | If they became angry at things said to them by professionals , as a majority of them did at some point , the horrifying causes of their anger were true , and were not projections of their own distress on to the professional concerned . |
| 12 | Now they were feeling the need to order quite a large amount of food for ‘ skinnys ’ , especially ones whom possessed at some point in time the ‘ narrow cup ’ . |
| 13 | The hon. Gentleman spoke at some length about his desire for a totally independent inspectorate . |
| 14 | When this matter was discussed at housing committee , I believe it 's only last week but it seems a lot longer ago , I spoke at some length about the errors and fallacies in the report arguing against a case that officers have put forward , pointing out mistakes and erroneous conclusions that seem to have been drawn from some very flimsy evidence . |
| 15 | He discussed at some length the problems that arise over trying to define ideas such as ‘ compulsion ’ , and in estimating the degree of severity of pressure that could make an action not voluntary . |
| 16 | Chairman , can we , you know , you recall we discussed at some length at the P A G. |
| 17 | But I would have thought that one lot of er papers would either have gone to the archives office or er been retained in the Advertiser if they amalgamated at some time . |
| 18 | A further 35% of the students either failed at the final examination , failed at some stage of the course or withdrew for some reason . |
| 19 | He then expanded at some length on this theme . |
| 20 | The surviving corner showed that it had at some stage been thickened to 7½ft or possibly , as the plan suggests , extended to form a buttress or column base . |
| 21 | No one noticed that Bienvida , her grandmother 's granddaughter more than her mother 's child , had at some stage gone back to the Headmaster 's Flat and changed into dungarees to keep her Oxfam dress of nylon organza from getting dirty . |
| 22 | Even in the second set , where memories were specifically pressed , one third of the grandparents who were remembered had at some time lived in the same household . |
| 23 | All those who went through the ordeal had at some time survived an accident or illness when their lives had been despaired of . |
| 24 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 25 | We are told that the animal had at some time been shot and wounded , so today it had been put out of its misery . |
| 26 | It 's true I think er as Mr said at some length er that er this measure would not prevent hunting in in most of the area in which it it takes place , through plenty of it happens of course well to the West of the A six er perhaps it might even get out there from time to time but our duty clearly is to see er that the right thing is done in the territory which is our responsibility and our other responsibility is surely to set an example of decent humanity . |
| 27 | PILZ ( ACANTA ) — I wrote at some length about this German newcomer in last month 's review of budget labels . |
| 28 | Mr Havel , who has a genius for pinpointing the absurd , smiled gently and sipped at some mineral water . |