Example sentences of "in some [noun] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They debated unhappily , reluctant to commit themselves to an opinion , until John Prophet suggested sadly that in the circumstances it might be well to consult the archbishop of Canterbury , and in some relief they agreed on this course , and carried their problem that same afternoon to Lambeth ; where Thomas Arundel , on the force of whose word and influence they could rely , advised them , in consideration of the desperate need , to issue the required letters patent , and he would be responsible for defending their action to the king , should it need any defence . |
| 2 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 3 | Yet also in some way I knew he was sincere . |
| 4 | In some way it seemed that Why ? was to be answered by the existence of a person . |
| 5 | In some way it conveyed utter disbelief . |
| 6 | Like the three kings in the story , O went home another way , feeling that in some way he had just been warned about something . |
| 7 | In some way he had offended her . |
| 8 | He went out of the room , into the corridor and into his room and there he stood with his back to the door , his mouth wide , gasping at the air , still in fright , yet knowing that in some way he had emerged as if out of a deep canyon . |
| 9 | When Picasso painted the Demoiselles d'Avignon , those of his friends who were allowed to see it seem to have felt that in some way he had let them down . |
| 10 | He knew that in some way he had hurt her . |
| 11 | Hope saw himself , the ascetic , the missionary , the preacher , the proud foe of great kings , the saint of God , the healer , the miracle worker , the chastiser of his own flesh : and in some way he felt himself shriven . |
| 12 | Was it because in some way he blamed Francis for his mother 's death — or was the reason less dramatic ? |
| 13 | In some way he appeared to hearten the French , many of whom were disoriented and depressed by the appalling events , by his insouciance . |
| 14 | Creggan was startled by this and wondered if in some way she understood that he had made a vow that if ever the chance came for them to escape he would place her freedom before his own . |
| 15 | In some instances they temporised : in May 1221 they conceded that ‘ the knights and free tenants of the forest of Berkshire ’ should elect ‘ two law-worthy and discreet knights ’ of their number to keep the forest , under the Chief Justice of the Forest , until Henry III came of age , when a final decision would be made about disafforestment . |
| 16 | In some instances I used opposite light colours in outline to the main colours to be blocked in to give more contrast . |
| 17 | He thought that modern techniques could be put to use , where in some cases they 'd been tried and failed beforehand . |
| 18 | In some cases they received support from government services for the first time . |
| 19 | Shoreditch 's theory is that MI5 agents were trying to cast proxy votes on behalf of dead people still on the electoral register , but that in some cases they jumped the gun . |
| 20 | There is no need to be too rigid in your choice of material for each season , unless you feel it is important , but nevertheless you should still maintain the overall feeling of each season , although in some cases I chose a few out-of-season flowers to give a better colour or shape . |
| 21 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 22 | And I 've got to say this , in some cases I had additional time as a shop steward and a convenor , to spend on major problems er affecting the incentive scheme . |
| 23 | Sheep automatically seem to connect people with food , so that they become bothersome and , in some cases I saw , dangerous as they tried butting until harassed walkers gave in and handed over some of their food . |
| 24 | In some cases I opened that menu and selected exit . |
| 25 | In some cases it meant helping families who had applied for their children to be taken into care to find an alternative solution . |
| 26 | There were rumours that in some cases he had . |
| 27 | In some cases she suggested that there had been coalescence of settlements , with the abandonment of the earlier pattern of hamlets and combining of lands and holdings . |
| 28 | Although in some trials we noted post-randomisation exclusion of ineligible patients , early deaths , and protocol violations , we did not exclude them . |
| 29 | He zipped his fly and was about to go when , and casually , as if he was half expecting it , in some sense he turned , and almost collided with the foreman , who was positioned , his weighty bulk to block the door , at the exit . |
| 30 | Eventually , the lining would become abnormally thickened and in some women it became cancerous . |