Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] that some [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We knew that some people had more money than others , and some people had bigger houses than others , but consideration of status was something unknown to us . |
| 2 | They reckoned that some £9.9 million would be needed to finance a plan for educating consumers in the basics of credit and provide funding for rescue services . |
| 3 | After a few drinks and dancing , all were quite content until they heard that some people get proposed to on Christmas Eve . |
| 4 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
| 5 | In its brief analysis of the impact of the Channel Tunnel it estimated that some £5m passengers ( or 50,000 air passenger movements ) would be diverted to the tunnel in 1995 rising to 6m ( 65,000 movements ) in 2000 . |
| 6 | He believed that some people are already moving to higher and higher planes of the mind , and there is here an endless potential . |
| 7 | In a statement issued on Feb. 7 , 1990 , however , it said that some $2,000 million had been spent on an operation which had been halted in mid-September for climatic reasons . |