Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] at some " in BNC.

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1 Barratt did arrive at some tentative agreement with him but left the decision to Taylor , who , in due course , entered into some form of arrangement the details of which , however , are wanting .
2 The car had stopped at some traffic lights .
3 The main oil fields in production are the Bombay High off the west coast and some onshore fields in Gujerat and Assam but with consumption expected to rise at some 6% per year this aim is unlikely to be achieved without significant new discoveries .
4 They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen .
5 Indeed , recently a journalist from The Lady had hinted at some connection between the heroine and Lily .
6 Because star formation and hence the formation of neutron stars by supernova collapse in NGC6342 ceased long ago , the apparent youth of the pulsar suggests that a major event has occurred at some time during the last 10Myr .
7 Avoid specimens that are swimming off the aquarium bottom as this is a sign of distress and usually means an imbalance of water has occurred at some stage of the export/importation process .
8 But all managers have to negotiate at some time so it pays to learn about handling the process well .
9 Moving from the broad elements of communication to the particular , I have for the purposes of this assignment chosen to look at some applications of communication relevant to the practice of public relations .
10 They have two natural gaits the gentle , lolloping , forward movement of the warren on a summer evening and the lightning dash for cover that every human has seen at some time or other .
11 You may not yourself be in the habit of taking this small precaution to avoid knocking at some highly inappropriate moment , but I always have been and can vouch that it is common practice amongst many professionals .
12 Schaffer paused to look at some of the bright crayon drawings that were pinned to the foremost partition .
13 While 42 ( 69 per cent ) interviewees had worked at some time or other , the overwhelming majority ( 89 per cent ) were unemployed at the time of interview .
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