Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [vb pp] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission accept that both the 1968 and 1978 Theft Acts and the case law on them are thought by some to be " seriously defective " , but the draft Code was a restatement not a Code to reform the substance of the law . |
| 2 | ‘ You think Miller and I are linked in some way ? |
| 3 | It is my one great regret about this whole sorry business that at this crucial time in the Government 's fortunes , when I should so much have liked to be seen as a tower of strength , I am perceived by some as a point of weakness . |
| 4 | In a more general sense I am fascinated by some of the things you 've just mentioned in your introduction , the question of continuity in German history , how we , how this marvellous nation , the nation of Beethoven and Wagner and Marx and Freud , actually finishes up going to war twice against its European neighbours , and in the Second World War in particular committing these awful atrocities . |
| 5 | I start up the hill towards Dýrafjöđ3ur but before I reach the top I am treated to some Icelandic weather . |
| 6 | I am chilled by some of the things Sinead is coming out with nowadays . |
| 7 | Despite the somewhat glowing tone of the editorial commentary , I am left with some doubts about the efficacy of such therapy in Broadmoor , where at least some of the patients experience the regime as distinctly untherapeutic and repressive . |
| 8 | I am told by some Kenyan cynics I fell in with that the commission was appointed largely to satisfy demands from one aid donor ( was it the World Bank ? ) . |
| 9 | And when I 'm published in some classy mag |
| 10 | I was compensated to some extent by the magnificent scenery . |
| 11 | I was cheered by some superficial damage to the station at Cologne . |
| 12 | But shortly after , to my surprise , I saw the female and two kits peering out from one of the branch holes , surveying the river , and for the rest of the day I was treated to some amazing mink behaviour . |
| 13 | ‘ We have battled well in recent games but I was heartened by some of our football in the midweek win over Grimsby Town . |
| 14 | As I said , I 've done dozens of talks now at various schools , but one that sticks in my mind is a private preparatory school for girls in Tavistock , where I was received like some sort of pop star ! |
| 15 | " I was delayed to some extent because the address given to me was 626 Cheyne Walk , which I could not find , but eventually the river police directed me . " |
| 16 | Along the way I was engaged in some of the startling ‘ business as usual ’ banking practices that have begun to plague the world financial system . |
| 17 | ‘ I was approached by some of the victims of that situation ( the Northern Ireland conflict ) to help them in whatever way I could . |
| 18 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 19 | Then I was put on some sort of medication to help me calm down because I kept on getting knotted up , getting uptight . |
| 20 | I was about to say , Harry , that I was accused by some friends last night of being sanctimonious . |
| 21 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 22 | It still did n't hit me that within hours we would have a baby : I vaguely felt I was immersed in some surreal soap-dream that constantly receded back into itself . |
| 23 | Looking at all the brightest and best on display in Birmingham , I was reminded of some comments made in the early '80s by the late Gordon Brown , then head of design for GM 's European passenger cars . |
| 24 | If you are dismissed for some other reason unconnected with redundancy , you will have to consider whether the circumstances justify an unfair dismissal claim . |
| 25 | This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote . |
| 26 | No statement which you make during the interview may be given in evidence against you unless : ( a ) you are prosecuted for making a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular ; or ( b ) you are prosecuted for some other offence and when giving evidence , you make a statement which is inconsistent with a statement made during the interview . |
| 27 | You 're given to some very strange mood swings . ’ |
| 28 | It 's always slightly daunting at this particular time because you 're introduced as some sort of guru and people expect great things . |
| 29 | For instance , if you 're on a traffic junction outside a railway station like Lime Street , you wo n't be there five minutes before you 're approached by some hotelier saying , it would be worth your while to send them up to his hotel . |
| 30 | The last time I saw her she looked yellow and thin — as if she were made of some dry , friable material and would crumple into sand if you touched her . |