Example sentences of "it [vb past] some [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In about May 1977 he formed a company called Yash Pal Kansal & Co. , which flourished until by 1983 it operated some 20 chemist shops . |
| 2 | ‘ Thirty years ago Julian Huxley and Eliot Slater speculated that the reason why the disadvantageous schizophrenia gene was not progressively eliminated from the gene pool was that it conveyed some biological advantage such as resistance to infection . |
| 3 | We did it with Dangerous Lady , too , which was an amazing success for us last year [ it sold some 130,000 copies ] . |
| 4 | It produced some odd scenes : when NoS wanted to state that the paper was going to be ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ accessible ’ , articles from the dummy had to be scrutinized to make sure they proved this was true . |
| 5 | If anything , it provided some pleasant surprises — about , for instance , the ability of large crowds to demonstrate peacefully , and the ability of Hong Kong-financed factories in southern China to be all but unaffected by turmoil in Peking . |
| 6 | It found some alarming evidence . |
| 7 | The engine was originally installed at Godwins Engineering Works at Quenington in Gloucestershire where it drove some 400 yards ( 369 metres ) of line shafting , powering the entire factory . |
| 8 | ‘ It caused some anxious moments as we worked out how to keep up supply to this project approximately 1,200 kilometres from our manufacturing centre in Rabaul , ’ said PNG general manager . |
| 9 | " Pictures for the People " was a grand slogan , and if it extracted some national treasures from London for display in Middlesbrough and Huddersfield , it might even do some good . |
| 10 | It evoked some distant memory but he could n't quite pin it down . |
| 11 | Although this memorandum was immediately denounced and repudiated , there is no doubt that it touched some sensitive nerves . |
| 12 | Strongly estimated at $400–600,000 , it survived some slow bidding to sell for $475,000 ( £263,900 ) . |
| 13 | A private concern , it employed some fifty men , mostly tradesmen , fitters or winders , and two apprentices — lads of around Anton 's age with fathers working for the firm . |
| 14 | On the first two occasions it preceded some terrible event , so he is in a state of great apprehension . |
| 15 | It covered some 2,000 establishments in all sectors of the economy . |
| 16 | By 1982 it covered some 500 acres . |
| 17 | It covered some 1000 sq.km and stood at 393 metres below sea level in the 1930s . |
| 18 | MI6 's wartime reputation also suffered from the fact that several of its senior members were Soviet agents so that , as with MI5 , it required some drastic reorganisation after the war . |
| 19 | It required some heavy duty digging — that 's where the soldiers came in . |
| 20 | He held the book out between finger and thumb as if it contained some dangerous virus which at any moment could threaten the whole school . |
| 21 | It contained some taller buildings with shops on the ground floor . |
| 22 | He believed that communications was only different in that it offered some vocational skills . |
| 23 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 24 | It took some further persuasion to elicit exactly where he had spent the hours in Newcastle . |
| 25 | It took some three years of war before the political spotlight began to play on employment plans . |
| 26 | Still , she did n't mind at all having the blame laid at her door if it saved some other female from having to put up with his unwanted attentions . |
| 27 | Unless it had some other cause entirely … |
| 28 | It had some redeeming features , however , as it was used , according to Cameron , as a beauty aid ‘ much employed among Celtic tribes for dyeing the hair ’ . |
| 29 | It had some interesting things to say : |
| 30 | It had some medicinal use as well , but was not much eaten in Britain until the 17th century . |