Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] some of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Templars were crushed but some of them remained as a secret coven and I have crossed swords with them over the years . |
| 2 | On the generation design and construction side , the picture was a good deal less inspiring , though improvements were made and some of the inherited handicaps were overcome . |
| 3 | Again , every page of every book was turned ; drawers full of letters were examined ; children 's drawings were inspected and some of these were taken away . |
| 4 | Many copies were injected and some of them inserted , almost randomly , into the DNA of the nucleus of a fertilized mouse egg . |
| 5 | Something ag again you when you 're doing it , in other areas of the industry if you 're not taught the structure you , you are not taught properly , you get these very bad habits and essential thing which is coming out by not following the structure in order I actually wrote down er by missing the business card and the buyer 's guide at the beginning , I was actually I 've got to slip this in somewhere and not listening to what you were saying and some of what you said went straight over my head which is bad because you 're missing things then . |
| 6 | I tried to help some of those that were hurt but some of them had dreadful injuries . |
| 7 | Injunctions were issued and some of the unions instructed their members to stop the forbidden activities . |
| 8 | ‘ You knew , did n't you , ’ he said , noticing that his hands were shaking when some of the whisky spilt . |
| 9 | In this chapter , I have outlined how a distinct sociological perspective led me into asking particular questions about child abuse , some of the ways in which these questions were explored and some of the insights yielded by such an approach . |
| 10 | The fact remained that the beef was overcooked and some of the potatoes were burned . |
| 11 | Gloucester and Buckingham then rode to Stony Stratford to take possession of Edward V. His escort was dismissed and some of his closest associates arrested , among them his stepbrother Richard Grey and his chamberlain Sir Thomas Vaughan . |
| 12 | Gloucester and Buckingham then rode to Stony Stratford to take possession of Edward V. His escort was dismissed and some of his closest associates arrested , among them his stepbrother Richard Grey and his chamberlain Sir Thomas Vaughan . |
| 13 | A TEACHER who was sacked because some of his lessons were said to be too sexually explicit has won £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal . |
| 14 | In the last chapter it was explained that some of the world 's languages are ‘ tone languages ’ , in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the dictionary ( ‘ lexical ’ ) meaning of that word or morpheme , or in some aspect of its grammatical categorisation . |
| 15 | Haverford was laughing and some of his audience nodded solemnly , as though they understood . |
| 16 | It was expected that some of the larger projects approved by the Gandhi government would be postponed . |
| 17 | In Chapter 2 it was argued that some of the most striking features of the post-war development of the British state , at least until the late 1970s , could be explained quite effectively in terms of ‘ corporate bias ’ , that is moves away from the formal structures of democratic ( electoral ) representation towards the representation of major corporate interest groups ( such as the trade unions and employers ' organizations ) , as mediated through the agency of the state itself . |
| 18 | It was felt that some of the local footpaths and bridleways would benefit from more attention — the individual paths were not specified . |
| 19 | In what was seen as some of the most important legislation in the country 's history , President Jaime Paz Zamora signed four decrees on Sept. 23 which endorsed an agreement reached between the government and Indian leaders the previous day . |
| 20 | It was agreed that some of the concerns raised in the survey were matters for education authorities to address — for example in terms of resourcing , staffing and staff development . |
| 21 | Eventually , it was recognised that some of the results of the laissez-faire mentality could pose a threat to social stability and the health of rich and poor alike . |
| 22 | While Timbury recommended that it was preferable that these be provided in association with small geriatric hospitals , it was recognised that some of these may be provided " free standing " in the community . |
| 23 | Once the tree structures had been implemented , it was found that some of the problems occurring from the recognition stage could very easily and neatly be solved from the nature of the tree . |
| 24 | It was found that some of the Scottish women made outstanding progress in French language as a result of this approach . |
| 25 | And it was known that some of the Royal Irish Constabulary were ready to do business if the offer was tempting enough . |
| 26 | It was acknowledged that some of the party 's previous policies had been potentially divisive , and the review was widely seen as both an attempt to attract new voters and as a means of attracting potential coalition partners from among the opposition parties . |
| 27 | Unidentified groups of rioters attacked and set on fire the city police headquarters , where it was believed that some of those arrested earlier in University Square were being held . |
| 28 | The partial recovery of the economy after 1983 was to show that some of it was misplaced , and that fears about national ungovernability and inability to adapt were ill-founded . |
| 29 | In 1986 the Eurotunnel prospectus was published and some of £206m of private money raised in what is generally termed Equity II , Equity I consisting of an earlier placement of £57m by the founder shareholders of Eurotunnel . |
| 30 | The bottom jaw was missing and some of the teeth from the top , but the sockets were there . |