Example sentences of "was [adv] some [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duels between these two groups were fought with knives which they carried in small scabbards on their belts , and it was only some time later that the rival school 's knockout tactics were discovered . |
| 2 | It was only some time later when he was safely on his way to Theatre that they realised the whole lot had been filmed . |
| 3 | It was only some years later that Jacques learned of the Board 's initiatives and that it had failed because members of the county council had been deeply suspicious of the radicalism associated with liberal adult education in the industrial areas of the county . |
| 4 | This band had such an enormous impact on the rock world in the late '60s , and it was only some years later that I fully appreciated my own debt , realising that for a ( heavy ) rock band , Zep often had an underlying funkiness , due in large part to the style of J.P.J. which allowed for some very subtle and interesting grooves . |
| 5 | It was only some years later , when the over-expansion he had forecast had materialised , and some of the more obscurantist leaders of the industry had been replaced by new men , that the industry came to terms with the problem ( see pp. 212–17 , below ) . |
| 6 | And later she might have sworn , even though the lighting was bad and he was already some distance away , that before turning around and stalking off into the night , the stranger had snarled like a beast . |
| 7 | Daak was already some distance ahead . |
| 8 | After the boat had stopped for the night there was always some work still to be done on the platform . |
| 9 | Although their house was still some distance away , I decided to finish the journey on foot . |
| 10 | After all , everything was sown and the harvest was still some weeks away , so I could afford a little time off . |
| 11 | There was clearly some basis here for irredentist disputes of a kind that had become familiar in interwar Europe . |