Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only in Wester Ross and North Yorkshire was there some doubt as to its usefulness but even here 48% and 53% of the respondents could see its potential . |
| 2 | Only in the Midlands , where the methods were more modern and the communities less separate , was there some doubt about the solidarity of the miners . |
| 3 | Was there some purpose , be it of society or of religion , behind such positioning ? |
| 4 | Was it a sudden occurrence , was there some kind of build up or |
| 5 | Was , was there some pressure on you to stop working when you when you got engaged ? |
| 6 | However , the Capital Taxes Office is likely to raise the following " standard " question : what discussions took place between the parties at or before the time of the deed of variation about how the assets which went to the spouse under the deed of variation were to be dealt with by the surviving spouse , ie was there some sort of plan or understanding that the property would be given to the children ? |
| 7 | Was there some sort of erm financial institution created like a national bank or anything like that ? |
| 8 | Was it some demon raised by a witch or warlock ? |
| 9 | Was it some trick of the light ? |
| 10 | Was it some kind of ‘ leak ’ ? |
| 11 | Was it some sulphur thing or something ? |
| 12 | Was it some insensitivity in his nature that had failed to respond to the nuances of the relationship , some obtuseness of perception that had prevented him from seeing , as it still prevented him from understanding ? |
| 13 | Nor was it some stranger come to drink and dance and lie with a man in a borrowed bed . |
| 14 | Was it some sort of ruse or what ? |