Example sentences of "had [art] [noun sg] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Stein had the backing of some thoughtful advisers , and tried hard to push serious economic and fiscal issues higher up the electoral agenda . |
| 2 | Respondents were asked the further question , ‘ What did you do when you had the problem for some time ? ’ |
| 3 | Mr Coates appears to have carried the can for a strategy that had the enthusiasm of some of those at the top of Barclays Bank , as well as of David Band , BZW 's chief executive , and of Sir Martin , who is also a deputy chairman of the parent bank . |
| 4 | Dharsono , who had been released from prison in September 1990 after serving over four years of a seven-year sentence for subversion [ see p. 37715 ] , said that the FPPS had the support of some 70 leading intellectuals and dissidents . |
| 5 | Sometimes the photographs seemed exactly the same , or so it appeared until , somewhere in the frame , I would realise that a rock had rolled a few feet or yards , a tree was missing , a scarp subtly altered , and one had the sense of some immensely leisured , tranquil calibration of infinity . |
| 6 | Had the advice of some hon. Members been followed over the years , we might now be in a very exposed position . |
| 7 | Mirabilis looked like a magician , Foreman had the appearance of some village parson in his dark fustian jacket , hose and soft felt slippers . |
| 8 | Almost half of the county 's 172 parishes had a school of some kind by 1807 , including almost all of those with a population of a thousand or more . |
| 9 | My Lord I think it 's right that that it 's clear from the discussions I 've had with Mr that the plaintiff is going to be in the witness box for some considerable time and I think if your Lordship 's had an opportunity to read the witness statement , seen the areas of dispute , the nature of the the fact that arised and had a look at some of the documentation , it would be much er er a much speedier process than it would otherwise be . |
| 10 | and er he used to , he had a contract with some big potato firm and he used to buy all the , the fertilizer bags in the locality and he used to bring them there to the end of the road and he used to wash them in the burn . |
| 11 | I had a cheque for some thirteen hundred pounds raised by the local branch of National body , a body like Round Table , although it was n't Round Table , it was another body like that , and that will buy thirteen houses in Everland in Southern India . |
| 12 | The only section of the court that had a reputation for some seriousness and probity was that around the Queen . |
| 13 | Everyone had a friend of some sort . |
| 14 | Even her brothers were kind , though embarrassed and Clara , as she sat there picking endlessly at the fringe of the tablecloth , had a vision of some other world where violent emotion could be a thing of beauty , where even tears could be admitted and not ignored , where good taste in tomb stones consisted not in cheap restrained economy of design , fabric , and word , but of marble angels wildly grieving . |
| 15 | While Mr Wood had a drink with some friends , Mrs Wood took Anthony shopping . |
| 16 | Abu Musa had a population of some 700 UAE citizens . |
| 17 | Then he had a blast at some clay-pigeons , again laser-style . |
| 18 | He was the epitome of conservative respectability , but Patrick knew he had a hand in some of the most hairy activities of the secret intelligence services . |
| 19 | ‘ He had a visit from some Iranian heavies this morning , ’ D'Arcy said . |
| 20 | ‘ Dick had a meeting with some Church Army people and I had to go and help with the coffee so I missed Paul coming out . ’ |
| 21 | She accompanied Clare herself to the Refuge and looked after the children while the women had a meeting with some councillors . |
| 22 | The most important common feature among them was that they did not have absolute rights over the land which they farmed , but that they were in some way dependent on a lord , who had a right to some part of their labour or their profits from the land . |
| 23 | ‘ I had a gift of some wine . ’ |
| 24 | When she first arrived at SIS as a student , Anne had an affair with some chap in her year and when it broke up , she decided she wanted to leave . |
| 25 | And then at the end of the three years you were either invited to stay an , an extra year or s you were , you were sort of er you had an invitation from some other circuit . |
| 26 | This is likely to have been followed by another battle near the Forest of Dean , for Edmund had an alliance with some of the Welsh , but by now both sides were doubtless exhausted , and winter was approaching . |
| 27 | And a gentleman who I think was Chinese had an accident with some plates whilst serving a meal , and finished up by giving me a kiss ! |