Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this is so only where the fence etc. was erected with reference to the highway and would probably not apply where the fence was erected for some other reason ( A.G. v Beynon , [ 1969 ] 2 All ER 263 ) . |
| 2 | But shortly after , to my surprise , I saw the female and two kits peering out from one of the branch holes , surveying the river , and for the rest of the day I was treated to some amazing mink behaviour . |
| 3 | That little knife slashed sharply , circumcising the very tip of the digit , and even before the Larramen cells could clot — or perhaps because the blade was treated with some special anti-coagulant — a sprinkling of bright blood fell like rubies from each fingertip to mingle in the chalice . |
| 4 | Particularly because it was only now , when he was so close to her , that every cell of her body was reacting in some primordial , incomprehensible way to his nearness , to the sheer magnetic pull of his very commanding presence , that she had become aware of the fantasy that had consumed her . |
| 5 | The prejudice was compounded by some foster parents who had a bias against education : |
| 6 | The most influential view is that expressed by a report for the OECD , which sees the intensifying economic difficulties of these years as resulting from ‘ an unusual bunching of unfortunate disturbances unlikely to be repeated on the same scale , the impact of which was compounded by some avoidable errors in economic policy ’ ( McCracken , 1977 , p. 14 ) . |
| 7 | What made it worse was that the infection was traced to some undercooked meat she 'd eaten in England . |
| 8 | Someone suggested they should all bathe in champagne beforehand and the bath was filled with some cheap bubbly . |
| 9 | I was cheered by some superficial damage to the station at Cologne . |
| 10 | Helen stood over her bleeding bite-size chunks of meat in a state of agitation ; annoyance with Edward was fused with some nameless , indefinable anxiety . |
| 11 | He was attracted by some bright red berries on a bush . |
| 12 | No shrewder opportunist had sat on the English throne , but his opportunism was harnessed to some guiding principles . |
| 13 | In the first edition , a chapter was included on some fine houses still standing , but empty and at risk . |
| 14 | If Vecchi was the imitation hospital attendant , then he was booked for some free electricity at the State 's expense . |
| 15 | His mam was dying of some rare disease which no doctor could cure and always , but always , proved fatal . |
| 16 | One was reminded of some hapless Victorian consumptive , fading away and unable to do anything about it . |
| 17 | It still did n't hit me that within hours we would have a baby : I vaguely felt I was immersed in some surreal soap-dream that constantly receded back into itself . |
| 18 | Well , I 'eard — well , someone told me you was lookin' after some poor tart that 'ad 'urt 'er leg , an' young Linda said so . |
| 19 | While we also had Black women only space throughout the conference it was felt by some Black women that this was a substitute for the conference discussing anti-racist strategies . |
| 20 | ‘ The dance mix of ‘ Robinson Crusoe ’ ( last Cud single ) was done by some local people , Nightmares On Wax , but they work really cheap and no one knows them . |
| 21 | ‘ The dance mix of ‘ Robinson Crusoe ’ ( last Cud single ) was done by some local people , Nightmares On Wax , but they work really cheap and no one knows them . |
| 22 | This is actually tying this up with an exam question , I was looking through some past papers to try and spot things we may not have covered in detail . |
| 23 | A narrow slit , moving across the film plane ( or up and down or , later , spinning around ) , exposed it a little at a time ; meanwhile , artwork was moved on some other pattern or jiggled about almost kaleidoscopically to give an effect of distortion . |
| 24 | The astonishing garment was made of some smooth material in a mixture of very dark greens and blues which flattered her blonde hair and made her slate-coloured eyes even more ravishing than usual . |
| 25 | In years to come , when the new road has fallen into disuse and the plaque has been worn away by time , people may come here and wonder what is the hidden significance of the stones ; or maybe by then , they 'll have discovered that Stonehenge was built by some ancient farmer , commemmorating a new bypass . |
| 26 | Lightning seemed to reflect from the windows in his eyes , and to Gilbert it seemed as if Rohmer was possessed of some inner , terrifying power . |
| 27 | To my fourteen-year-old mind , his cleanliness was connected in some mysterious way to the fact that he went to public school and liked classical music . |
| 28 | The hints he had thrown out , that he was connected in some illegitimate way with the Hamilton family , could be dismissed as a typical lie told to impress , another Cape Horn . |
| 29 | While I was searching for some Arab property in the area , I had come across three young Palestinians standing beside a shabby food stall on the waterfront . |
| 30 | He was searching among some old boxes . |