Example sentences of "[was/were] [v-ing] [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 2 | We were looking forward to some exercise of rowing , but typically when we arrived , we found they had prepared a gondola-like craft ( of a kind emperors used to go in ) on which we were meant to sit and be gently punted around while we sedately drank tea . |
| 3 | If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others , the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift . |
| 4 | Hence the reason sevens coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey were talking yesterday of some switches within the ranks , both in Canberra and in Fiji next week . |
| 5 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 6 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |
| 7 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 8 | By the 1870's the entries had dwindled , or were missing altogether in some months . |
| 9 | John Regis , my arch rival at 200 metres , was walking home with some friends late one night when they were attacked by some white men who were obviously extremely drunk . |
| 10 | Rebecca was sifting restlessly through some of the papers in her in tray , and he went over to her . |
| 11 | Is that it , you were going really well then , I was looking forward to some more about that actually ? |
| 12 | Benedicta , cooler and more composed , was listening attentively to some story the nobleman was telling her , though now and again moving slightly away from him as if she had come to resent the young gallant 's attentions . |
| 13 | Because Edith now Edith was going away for some unknown reason , I do n't know , she must have been going on another holiday anyhow . |
| 14 | I had the odd George II and George III copper , but these were in the minority and it was the 17th century coinage that was popping up with some regularity . |
| 15 | Well she was staying overnight at some wee girl 's house and I 'd say well that 's alright as long as you 're as long as , you know , that know the wee girl 's mother maybe , she 's a daughter a wee bit older than Lindsey herself who had the , but no this mother see she was divorced and going with these men and let her daughter stay out to half eleven , and Lindsey was , n was n't in her house till half eleven . |
| 16 | But Marion was staring down into some bleak abyss . |
| 17 | She was carrying on with some lawyer . ’ |
| 18 | However , we can not be sure , for it is clear that from Mesolithic times onwards the frequency of brachycephaly was increasing continually in some parts of Europe . |