Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [adv] [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | We told him that you had been out all night and that you were catching up on some sleep . |
| 2 | We were looking forward to some exercise of rowing , but typically when we arrived , we found they had prepared a gondola-like craft ( of a kind emperors used to go in ) on which we were meant to sit and be gently punted around while we sedately drank tea . |
| 3 | If the universe were expanding faster in some directions than in others , the intensity of the radiation in those directions would be reduced by an additional red shift . |
| 4 | Hence the reason sevens coaches Douglas Morgan and John Jeffrey were talking yesterday of some switches within the ranks , both in Canberra and in Fiji next week . |
| 5 | On recovery nights , when subjects were allowed to sleep undisturbed , they took more REM sleep than usual , as if they were making up to some extent for the amount lost . |
| 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 . |
| 7 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
| 8 | By the 1870's the entries had dwindled , or were missing altogether in some months . |