Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [verb] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earlier part of the chapter sought to describe in some detail the major concerns articulated by Mrs Whitehouse and the NVALA , the most basic of which , it was suggested , revolved around the perceived declining centrality of organised religion in British social life . |
| 2 | Then the boat seemed to bump against some solid object , making the contents of the kitchen cupboards rattle . |
| 3 | Small talk kept erupting into some new accusation or burst of crying from Jacqui . |
| 4 | For example , during its mad dash his plunging horse had burst through some bushes and disturbed a she-bear with her cubs , but had gone on before the bear could react . |
| 5 | The car had stopped at some traffic lights . |
| 6 | Even the family car had come from some Church-loan scheme . |
| 7 | ‘ I arrived at work one Monday to find the roof had collapsed following some heavy rain , ’ she explained . |
| 8 | Electrical stimulation could produce dramatic effects , but the proper study of electro-physiology had to wait for some time until it was possible to record small electrical potentials . |
| 9 | At the same time Althusser argued that Sartre had not isolated the central problems of orthodox Marxist theory , and as a result continued to work with some of its more questionable preconceptions . |
| 10 | When the psychiatrist Jack Dominian wrote his influential book on marital breakdown in 1968 , that figure had soared to some 30,000 divorces every year . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Belgium 's most prestigious museum did benefit to some extent , but far less than anticipated . |
| 14 | as if to match the tense atmosphere inside the car , the sun had disappeared behind some ominously black clouds that had crept over the horizon . |
| 15 | The Editor had asked for some more films to add to my list to show to your fish . |
| 16 | Indeed , recently a journalist from The Lady had hinted at some connection between the heroine and Lily . |
| 17 | Since the evergreen boughs were so dark and gloomy , Breeze had tied on some red beads as berries , and gummed the leaves before sprinkling them lightly with powdered ‘ frost ’ . |
| 18 | He stressed that while the world population continued to increase by some 80,000,000 people a year , adequate nutrition was likely to remain a key problem . |
| 19 | Rumours of a military coup had circulated for some time [ see p. 38571 ] . |
| 20 | ‘ However , in my opinion the body had lain for some hours after death in a supine position . ’ |
| 21 | The tension in the room had changed in some way . |
| 22 | The field-worker became known among some policemen as ‘ Old Nosebag ’ , and there were long-running jokes about spelling people 's names correctly in Sinn Fein 's Republican News . |
| 23 | Each woman remained attached to some male contractor , according to the older organic and hierarchical pattern . ’ |
| 24 | This was so successful that the army stopped cycling in some districts . |
| 25 | It was now criticized as anachronistic , and the German government had signalled for some time its concern over rising costs and their justifiability at a time when German unification put great strains on the public finances [ see also pp. 37212 ; 38508 ] . |
| 26 | The abandoned house they bought needs repairs , but the agency helped to pay for some of the necessary work . |
| 27 | Equality did apply to some things . |
| 28 | Presidents in their dealings with congress had to cope with some extraordinarily powerful leaders . |
| 29 | The Special Branch had known for some weeks that he was in Germany . |
| 30 | The survey did point to some areas where improvements could be made . |