Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] in some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fears of a revival of the Cultural Revolution were borne out in some local areas where over-zealous and ‘ leftist ’ oriented cadres interpreted the words of the Party directives too literally , trying to eliminate anything new which had come about since the open-door policy was introduced . |
| 2 | And quite big families were brought up in some of these houses with only two bedrooms . |
| 3 | Instructions were laid out in some detail . |
| 4 | The general principles of the document were spelled out in some detail . |
| 5 | He thought it fortunate that improvements in male characteristics were passed on in some measure to women , otherwise the man would have become as superior in mental endowment to women as the peacock is in plumage to the peahen . |
| 6 | One day we were poking around in some sodden ashes by the rear exit and found a few slivers of celluloid with images on them . |