Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus with some caution that Labour Ministers — who stood to lose their salaries in the event of the party 's defeat — approached the question of the break-up of the coalition . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , it was evidently with some unease that President Assad placed his troops in the Saudi desert alongside US forces . |
| 3 | She felt a twinge of compassion for her new fledgling , but it was n't until some ten minutes later that she realized the marquis had not remained untouched by his encounter with the gypsy girl . |
| 4 | It was n't until some years later that I came back to the question of the receptors and showed that the most dramatic effects involved the NMDA glutamate receptor I mentioned in the last chapter ( but wo n't discuss further here ) . |
| 5 | This scheme was widely welcomed and easily settled the debate over what style would be most appropriate for a rural Light Railway though it was not without some apprehension that the W & L Board gave the go ahead . |
| 6 | It was not for some time , and after some acquaintance , that she got round to thinking that one of the most charming features of Clelia 's room was its sense of prolonged nursery associations . |
| 7 | It was not for some years after we had separated that I had to face the fact that the deepest part of one 's being is always inaccessible to another , and that only when we are lost in passion , eager above all else for our own gratification — yet unconscious that this is the case — that we ignore the gulf , forget that we are strangers . |
| 8 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |
| 9 | It was not like some of the valleys they had seen so far , sparsely vegetated and arid . |
| 10 | It was not until some time later that the drawings were found to have been stolen . |
| 11 | There was always plenty of activity here , and so much so , that it was not until some time had elapsed , that a rumbling from above brought the GC to his attention . |
| 12 | It was not until some time around the 18th century that it was firmly back where it is now . |
| 13 | It was not until some 18 years after the publication of the Latey Report that the common law position on this topic was resolved by the decision of the House of Lords in Gillick v. West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 . |
| 14 | It was probably at some time during that same period when the dawning need to rely on a ‘ god ‘ first disturbed the developing human being , that he started to enjoy pleasures which were not the result of simply satisfying the desires associated with his physical evolution . |
| 15 | It was more like some sort of cellar than an upstairs room . |
| 16 | ‘ I remember watching a cricket match ’ , he says , ‘ and thinking it was almost like some ritual dance , particularly the bowling : watching the guy contort and twist . ’ |
| 17 | It was only after some months that endothelial denudation was observed with platelet mural thrombus attached to exposed lipid-containing macrophages . |
| 18 | It was only after some years that he found the Thun-Hohensteins , who had also taken refuge in Bavaria , and could give it back to them . |
| 19 | It was therefore with some disappointment that we faced Dad 's inquiries about them next morning . |
| 20 | It was therefore with some trepidation that I ventured out to see if it was possible to meet my own demanding standards and buy a high quality basic marine system within the modest , at today 's prices , £250 budget the editor set me . |
| 21 | It was therefore with some pride that we showed our visitors just how much JMSA had progressed since the company first opened all those years before . |