Example sentences of "[adv] it was [prep] some " in BNC.

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1 So it was with some surprise a few years ago that our attention was drawn from the dull French film noir onscreen to the back of the cinema , where a couple were resolving a lovers ' squabble .
2 So it was with some hope that I travelled to Scotland .
3 So it was with some trepidation that I put forward the idea of his leaping back into the West End , twenty years after he 'd gratefully left it .
4 That 's why it was so great working with Freddie and the band ; there was always something unusual to work guitar into , and usually it was in some weird key as well .
5 The subject tends to intimidate many farmers and yet it was in some ways a natural extension of the record keeping and budgeting that already existed on most farms at present .
6 Once again it was during some exchanges with colleagues from other establishments that I began to realise the significance of ‘ who is on your side ’ .
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