Example sentences of "and it was some [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cows and calves inside were led to safety , and it was some hours later that firemen discovered a body in the debris .
2 Certainly what Devon Loch heard at that moment was not a noise which he had heard before , and it was some noise — a raucous surge of patriotic fervour as the Royal horse galloped to certain victory in front of his owner the Queen Mother and her daughters Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret , a rapturous climax befitting what was about to be one of the greatest moments of racing history .
3 He did not immediately contemplate any drastic change in his filmmaking aesthetic , since his first Hollywood picture , Rebecca ( 1940 ) , was based on a British book and used British actors , and it was some time before he made a completely American picture .
4 The city was in mourning for Marie-Thérèse de Bourbon ( first wife of the Dauphin Louis ) and it was some time before the prospect of playing at court arose .
5 Which only set Nigel off more , and it was some time before he could attempt an explanation .
6 He had been a reporter then and it was some time after their first meeting that he had begun his campaign to highlight the plight of the poor .
7 This only seemed to exasperate the situation and it was some time before order was restored .
8 He looked small in the crush and it was some time before the order got through .
9 Then his lips found hers again and it was some time before either said anything at all .
10 Kharg itself was reported as solidly defended , with Raytheon Hawk surface/air missiles and F-14 fighters operational in the area , and it was some time before significant damage was inflicted on the terminal .
11 funny thing there was a letter in the paper though er in the Legal last night and it was some woman who 'd written to say that erm , this little girl had collected two , over two hundred signatures for erm the er anti hunting
12 As I said , Gifford Tate and he were buddies , and it was some argument they had about colours .
13 I would honestly say , and it may sound arrogant , that although the White Paper came out in 1975 and it was some sort of a landmark to point the way , we were never conscious here of any tremendous pressure or even really of any light pressure to reorientate our services to the Priority Services .
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