Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And then again I tell you you could use the enema , and that er but er mostly it would you know you would get right again , but it took some doing , not easy . |
| 32 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 33 | It was marvellous that it was all over , but it took some time to sink in , and in any event had no immediate effect on most of us . |
| 34 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 35 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 36 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 37 | But it took some time for our achievement to sink in . |
| 38 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 39 | The hill fort at Dun Bhorairaig at Dunlossit would seem to have been a broch from the description of it by Thomas Pennant in 1772 , but it suffered some reconstruction in Medieval times , it has been suggested to turn it into a lookout. which the magnificent view of the whole of the Sound of Islay would support . |
| 40 | This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels . |
| 41 | The melee was extraordinary , because it took some time for Hunt to realize that he was world champion . |
| 42 | Research evidence suggests that old-fashioned formal teaching of grammar had a negligible , or , because it replaced some instruction and practice in composition , even a harmful , effect on the development of original writing . |
| 43 | She resented the claim because it raised some barrier between them . |
| 44 | The woman wore a dress that seemed very short when I recalled the picture through the next few years : broad shoulders , a straight skirt that hung the way it did — I know now — because it had some rayon in it . |
| 45 | ‘ Customers said it was great that we were open because it showed some normality in the town . ’ |
| 46 | In response to further letters in A Quarterly , the Society justified its stance by saying that while it accepted some correspondents ' views that certain butlers of excellent quality were to be found in the houses of businessmen , ‘ the assumption had to be that the houses of true ladies and gentlemen would not refrain long from acquiring the services of any such persons ’ . |
| 47 | While it approved some types of drug testing , the Supreme Court did leave the anti-testing forces a glimmer of hope for ultimate legal containment . |
| 48 | In the upshot the SEA , whilst it made some concessions to the political aspirations of the EP , was notable chiefly for its powerful commitment to the economic concept of completing the internal market . |
| 49 | It was concerned mainly with England , though it took some evidence from other English-speaking countries ( including Scotland ) . |
| 50 | Fernando would n't like that and she wanted to please him , not anger him , though it took some doing getting his anger up . |
| 51 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 52 | He had seemed to sniff at the opened envelope as though it carried some scent , but the letter inside only peeped from the teat and was not taken out . |
| 53 | Though it claimed some influence upon the councils of action in the North East and in London , its impact was minimal . |
| 54 | I therefore reject the argument on behalf of the appellants in this case , that the Home Secretary is obliged to follow the judges ' views as to the requirements of retribution and deterrence in mandatory life sentence cases , even though it allowed some exceptions . |
| 55 | As it floated some plants became caught in the wood and the roots inbeded themselves and began to grow there . |
| 56 | The plane had started to shudder as it entered some turbulence , and Myeloski was startled by it . |
| 57 | She heard a car go up the road and then still heard it as it travelled some way along the road at the top , and realised the wind must be coming from the south for the sound to come to her so distinctly . |