Example sentences of "[was/were] some [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inhabitants of these tombs were some of the earliest explorers of the upper reaches of the Nile . |
| 2 | They were some of the first cars to be withdrawn when the fleet was modernised , and they were scrapped in 1934 . |
| 3 | To live in these courts must have been like living in perpetual gloom , thank goodness they were some of the first to go during the rehousing purge between the wars . |
| 4 | These were some of the nine old age pensioners , dressed in building-site hard hats , who roam the Old Course . |
| 5 | And mingled among these honoured guests , many of whom wore beautiful black hats with the hint of a veil , or faded velvet jackets , were some of the up-and-thrusting National Salvation Front Ministers the sons of the very men and women who had helped to destroy Romania 's culture . |
| 6 | They were some of the best he 'd ever taken , he said , but it was difficult to tell since he 'd dropped them in the water when he was changing film . |
| 7 | The nuns were some of the best doctors in a Europe and saved may a person from death but old Henry put paid to them , flattening the convent and pillaging its treasures . |
| 8 | I know most of you will have seen the 7–0 vs Southampton ( 32 passes was n't it ) , or the 5–1 vs Man Utd , but I reckon the 4–0 murder of Aston Villa ( who were in the top 5 at the time ) at Villa Park and the 6–1 at Hillsborough were some of the best soccer I have ever seen . |
| 9 | They beat Swansea City in the new-look Coca Cola cup by three goals to nil.There to enjoy the party were some of the early pioneers of local football . |
| 10 | The melodies of Zarewitsch were some of the loveliest and most powerful Lehar had ever written . |
| 11 | His three years at Cambridge were some of the happiest of his life and also the most normal . |
| 12 | André Previn 's 1970s recordings of the complete Tchaikovsky ballets were some of the happiest collaborations with the LSO , and ‘ Rouge et Noir ’ puts together nearly 150 minutes of well-chosen extracts from Swan Lake , Sleeping Beauty and Nutcracker . |
| 13 | ‘ The interval spent from my native shores were some of the happiest days of my life … |
| 14 | Considerably more rewarding were some of the elaborate effects tried out for ‘ Planet of Giants ’ , worked out in collusion with Producer Mervyn Pinfield and trainee Director Douglas Camfield . |
| 15 | Those were some of the high hopes at the start of Challenge 93 as representatives from seven European states parachuted into RAF Weston On The Green in Oxfordshire . |
| 16 | Near to the landing-pier were some of the older houses of the town , and by climbing a steep street , the old castle may be leisurely inspected , and it quite merits a visit . |
| 17 | The city banks ( Japan 's version of commercial banks ) were some of the worst culprits . |
| 18 | Housing conditions in Greenock in JTR 's day were some of the worst in Britain . |
| 19 | The London and New York smogs of the 1950s and 1960s were some of the worst sulphurous smogs to have occurred whilst , since the 1940s , Los Angeles has provided many examples of the worst photochemical ( ozone ) smogs . |
| 20 | Nor were some of the earlier beach reconnaissances the most encouraging of precedents , although Clogstoun-Willmott did not know this at the time . |
| 21 | However , very little is known of any deaf aristocrats prior to 1750 , but there were some in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries , a number of whom achieved political renown . |
| 22 | Perhaps there were some among the good number , nominated by the local science advisers , who administered the practical tests and marked the papers . |
| 23 | Perhaps there were some among the good number , nominated by the local science advisers , who administered the practical tests and marked the papers . |
| 24 | But I think probably the most disturbing was some of the poor people in , in psychiatry erm and er that was very hard work because you seemed to take the problems home with you and you kept thinking about some of the conditions that people had . |
| 25 | In a market contrast to what had gone before in the Singles , it was some of the unsung members of the European side who came up with most of the points to secure the tie . |
| 26 | But , alongside top names including Wedgwood , Burberry , Jaeger and Laura Ashley was some of the worst of the rubbish sold to tourists . |