Example sentences of "in some [noun] [pers pn] was " in BNC.

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1 I thought that in some way I was n't pleasing you .
2 Earlier today the Secretary of State chided me and said that in some way I was an advocate of his system because I used the example of refuse collection and its cost to show that his system was simple and that we were in agreement on it .
3 In some way it was now my turn .
4 ‘ Looking for the unicorn , ’ she repeated , saying ‘ looking ’ now instead of ‘ hunting ’ because perhaps in some way he was the protector of the beast .
5 For Emilia , as for himself , Dr Horrocks 's reassurance that miscarriage was a kind of mercy had brought no deep comfort , and Frere would not remind her of it , for he had quickly seen that , in some way he was far from comprehending , the loss was more secondary to her than it was to himself .
6 She could not guess why or how , but she knew that in some way he was out to drive a wedge between herself and John .
7 She knew he was being evasive and sensed that in some way he was trying to protect her .
8 In some cases it was going to take years .
9 It was commonly held that the first lord to whom he had sworn fealty had the first call on his service ; but in some cases it was held that the richest fief gave the vassal his strongest obligation ; or again , that it depended on the circumstances , on which lord had the greatest need — a lord must be helped if he was fighting in self-defence , but his claim was less if he was fighting in someone else 's defence ; or the vassal might be expected to fight on both sides , that is to say , to provide troops for both armies .
10 In some cases it was necessary to return to the parental home even when parents were not wholly supportive , for lack of viable alternatives , as in the situation described by this respondent ,
11 In general the quality of discussion and level of participation were highly praised but in some cases it was thought that staff , who were unfamiliar with validation , were unsure of their role in the event .
12 In some cases it was reported that Albanian frontier guards had opened fire on the refugees and that some had been killed .
13 By traditional I mean that it was founded on a growing interpretation of the past , not that tradition was swallowed hook , line and sinker — indeed , in some cases it was turned upside down — but always it was referred to , re-explained .
14 In some cases it was not clear at first sight whether exclusive possession was in fact granted .
15 In some cases he was brilliantly successful , as with the ‘ irresistibly , attracting and engaging ’ ( but also outrageously insensitive ) Robert Pott , his friend for thirty years .
16 In some games he was just called The Master .
17 To carry out a proper exploration of these veins in some depth it was necessary to have a drainage adit otherwise there would have been continual hindrance with water .
18 In some countries it was never even born .
19 In some areas it was acknowledged that these plots contributed substantially to the food supply .
20 In some areas it was necessary to assume that adaptation of the organism to its environment is crucial both for survival and for long-term evolution .
21 In some areas it was reported that large numbers of troops had ben deployed to restore order .
22 In some areas it was an end in itself , notably in the field of town and environmental planning , in others the means by which changes should be brought about , essentially through well thought out rationalisation and reorganisation , or , more broadly , as a global commitment to the future — the only way of ensuring that desirable social and economic changes could be brought about .
23 No longer young myself , I feel as if in some respects I was never young .
24 This applies to a certain extent to the solution of the detailed stress distribution around a crack and until this was known in some detail it was not possible to predict what a crack would do when it met an inhomogeneity such as the interface between a fibre and a resin .
25 The roof of the Victorian section was not water-tight and in some places it was leaking like a sieve .
26 In some districts it was due to the death of an older generation who were , often for reasons of religious belief , philanthropically disposed and whose successors lacked this combination of religious commitment ( evangelicalism in particular had lost much of its mid-nineteenth century hold ) and social responsibility .
27 In some examples it was thought necessary to highlight important distinguishing features with arrows or emphatic shading .
28 ‘ If I failed in some aspects it was Tom Bradley who failed .
29 In some ways I was glad .
30 In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students .
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