Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had been some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there had been some dissenters , international approval was given through the London Dumping Convention , an annually reviewed agreement signed by forty-six countries . |
| 2 | Although there had been some good reports from other growers we were not happy with crop or , particularly , flavour when we first grew it last year — 1990 . |
| 3 | The hearing began on 29 June at which time , so far as we knew , W. 's condition was stable or deteriorating only slowly , although there had been some further loss of weight . |
| 4 | The memory of it revitalised a bonny smile but he was aware that there had been some anxiety in his corner . |
| 5 | He led the way down the gangplank complaining vaguely to his friends that there had been some disgusting favouritism somewhere . |
| 6 | Same-Lamborghini 's UK importer agreed that there had been some problems with the quality of cab fittings on some early models . |
| 7 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 8 | His new girl-friend was also examined and nothing abnormal was found , although she did say that there had been some increase in her vaginal discharge for some months . |
| 9 | This is exactly the way the band saw it and , when pushed , certain employees of Rough Trade agreed that there had been some kind of promotional foul-up . |
| 10 | The last faint hope that there had been some mistake died . |
| 11 | Annabel wished that there had been some way young Eve could have been sent to university too . |
| 12 | His first observation was that there had been some difference of opinion among the volunteers at Ropley . |
| 13 | While Roel Pieper recognised that there had been some negative reaction to the merger both from Unix Labs employees and Unix Labs shareholders , as well as Unix International Inc members , he said that this was merely a human reaction to change and he felt confident that their talks in Japan and to Unix Labs members had a been able to address the concerns of Japanese customers regarding the Japanese market . |
| 14 | Not so , the managing director knew that Jefferson was knocking off one of the other director 's wives , but much worse than that there had been some really dirty work going on with Martinez . |
| 15 | The letter was brief , and couched in the most guarded terms ; it reported a half-yearly profit to the end of December , but also added that there had been some deterioration in the product and requested a fresh consignment , preferably of foreign origin . |
| 16 | The 1844 Report hints however that there had been some decline in standards at the lower end of the School , and urged that " prior to admission the Boys should be able to read and write and have learned the first principles of English grammar . |
| 17 | ‘ If the parties have agreed the basis of taxation it would , I think , be an improper exercise of the court 's discretion to direct the taxation on some other basis , unless satisfied that there had been some conduct on the part of the mortgagee disentitling him to costs or to costs on the agreed basis . |
| 18 | By the end of the project we could report that there had been some changes and developments in practice . |
| 19 | Initial reports from the site indicated that there had been some damage to buildings at the camp site , some distance from the gas plant , but that the plant itself remained unscathed . |
| 20 | Xinhua also noted that there had been some unrest at Beijing University late on June 3 . |
| 21 | Government officials also confirmed that there had been some forewarning of the rebel attack but that the magnitude of it had been unexpected . |
| 22 | In that era , notes Forster , if you had ‘ Venetian ’ tendencies , you thought it was because you were meant to be a man and that there had been some mistake . |
| 23 | The offenders got off with unduly light sentences , and ugly rumours persisted that there had been some urgent covering-up by Deputies , and even Ministers , who had been embroiled . |
| 24 | In fact , she had almost convinced herself that they had been some sort of reaction to the arrival of that poison pen letter . |
| 25 | He added that it had been some years since he had been back in England . |
| 26 | Tutorial Classes continued to be seen as the most important element in the WEA 's programme and there had been some increase in their provision in recent years . |
| 27 | He was the product of an actual family experience ; his father had fought for the South in the Civil War and there had been some decline from gentility , but he was as much a product of family myth . |
| 28 | Then , just when I was wondering if there had been some mistake , a man came up full of apologies , ‘ I 'm so sorry , ’ he said . |
| 29 | I mean , even if there had been some war I did believe worth fighting , if I 'd been called up or something , I 'm a coward , I 'm just not physically capable . |
| 30 | She wondered if there had been some procedural delay in charging Theo Sykes . |