Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv prt] [prep] some " in BNC.
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1 | Three operations did not succeed in curing his glaucoma , and he had to give up his business in 1878 , although it was carried on for some years by his daughters , Eleanor , Elizabeth , and Catherine , as E. E. Dancer & Company . |
2 | It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology . |
3 | It is also possible that some research is directed towards developing a technique , methodology , computer program , or piece of equipment which has wide applicability , but whose initial testing was carried out within some field of Scottish geology . |
4 | After taking a series of measurements I put a numbered ring on each bird 's leg so that if one came to grief and was picked up at some time in the future , its identity could be established . |
5 | Hirst may well be fired up for the job against Manchester United , whose £3.5 million bid by fax was turned down amid some acrimony last month by Wednesday manager Trevor Francis . |
6 | ’ He , too , was drowned out by some Labour jeering . |
7 | I had the odd George II and George III copper , but these were in the minority and it was the 17th century coinage that was popping up with some regularity . |
8 | The rationale for this was set out at some length : |
9 | At that time he owned supply wagons contracted to the army and he was at Fort Thomas when this boy who was called Ish-kay-nay was brought in with some prisoners . |
10 | But Marion was staring down into some bleak abyss . |
11 | She was carrying on with some lawyer . ’ |
12 | ‘ They thought I would n't be quite so embarrassed if my bra was whipped off by some poor old geezer who was past it . |
13 | But Stone Bassett bit the dust , the case against the development was taken up by some of the highest paid planners in the land and sounded a massive victory for conservationists . |
14 | He died very soon afterwards , and this young daughter was taken in by some poor people . |
15 | I was thrown out by some irate trendy who kept muttering something about royalties . |
16 | Any strange or inexplicable behaviour , both in humans and in the natural world , was put down to some supernatural sixth sense . |
17 | All you did was sit round like some old colonel in an Agatha Christie book , bellowing about the country going to the dogs . |
18 | ‘ I was sent out on some ridiculous calls at Christmas , ’ said Mr Hunsley . |
19 | It could still be modified for use , provided it was backed up with some new , stronger coercion . |