Example sentences of "some [prep] [art] [noun pl] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was dark and some of the merchants had lit the lantern-horns outside their doors , whilst Athelstan glimpsed the beacon light shining red and full in the steeple of St Mary Le Bow . |
| 2 | ‘ Some of the demonstrators withdrew into narrow side-streets , but the square promptly filled again with people as soon as the gas began to disperse . |
| 3 | We can conjecture that some of the slaves had bought themselves to serfdom ; that penury had compelled the free to sell their freedom for bread . |
| 4 | This may be explained , at least in part , by the greater antigen binding capacity of the solid phase , and might explain why some of the antibodies showed reactivity with antigens bound to nitrocellulose which they failed to recognised by ELISA . |
| 5 | Some of the collisions lasted for millions of years before the land was finally in place . |
| 6 | Some of the beggars knelt in the middle of the pavement , arms raised in an attitude of crucifixion , their rheumy eyes lifted heavenwards like the imploring ecstasies of El Greco saints . |
| 7 | But it has jibbed at some of the rents demanded . |
| 8 | Some of the directors became adamant that there was no future in robots . |
| 9 | ‘ The scientists of the Empire who were responsible for examining your world from space concluded that some of the races had been altered , either deliberately or as a result of the radiation which poisoned every continent . ’ |
| 10 | Some of the stallholders had made an effort for the carnival . |
| 11 | If not then make it your goal to aspire to some of the qualities mentioned , to live with courage , dignity and self-respect . |
| 12 | By now some of the cousins had children of their own — the pullulating Hepplewhite swarm had leapt to another branch . |
| 13 | " Surrrrlllyee-noloan ! " might have been the echo 's echo but an extremely-dirty-white-coloured Con-dis-corde melted through the flesh of my left ear lobe on its path to a tasty dish of stewed pound notes , and some of the cooks had chartered it to make sure it got there so I did n't receive the echo 's echo . |
| 14 | Some of the doormen had criminal convictions and a history of violence . |
| 15 | Some of the landlords had reduced or cancelled the rents this year ; but his , a near-bankrupt squireen in a mouldering mansion with half its roof gone , could afford no abatement . |
| 16 | On 29th October , 21 days after the accident , some of the miners thought they could hear the sound of moaning and worked with renewed vigour . |
| 17 | I dare say some of the employers remembered EPL and EPT and reminded their colleagues of them . |
| 18 | After the first clash , when the crowd was halted in front of the police cordon , some of the women had argued with the police and told them that they too were victims of the ‘ system ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't understand half some of the women said , but they gave the impression they did n't like it . |
| 20 | Most were naked , indicating a profound environmental change at some point in their planet 's history , although some of the women wore simple , collarless robes of deep purple . |
| 21 | They were , however , segregated in a separate compartment off to the right and screened by a heavy grille , through which , nevertheless , some of the women contrived to allow themselves to be seen . |
| 22 | Oh yes I enjoyed it very much but erm we had American visitors around and we had one a Captain and I 'm afraid we all fell for him cos he seemed such a handsome man and he 'd been a hero in the war , and he was engaged to , then to the then president of America 's daughter , so they informed us but erm I do n't know whether it was the truth , that 's what they , they said but of course some of the , some of the things had to be cast , the bodies had to be cast and they were , they were I do n't know whether you 'd have heard of the Orritor |
| 23 | Second , we can do a great deal to explain what is going on within the funeral service — the symbolism , the words used , the belief that lies behind some of the things said . |
| 24 | ‘ Some of the things said about me give the impression that I am quite mad . |
| 25 | Instead of staring blankly out at the world , or nervously striking at the fence , as some of the eagles did , he trekked back and forth in a figure of eight over an area that was only one tiny part of his caged area . |
| 26 | Some of the delegates spent more than £2,000 travelling to Britain to try to solve the mindboggling soaps problem . |
| 27 | These referrals became the focus of national attention when some of the parents fought the court decision for the removal of their children to a place of safety . |
| 28 | They tried to make the Social Work Department follow its guidelines , but some of the parents believed the social workers did n't know much about the document at all . |
| 29 | There is no doubt that in earlier years Clarkson 's relations with some of the Claphamites had occasionally been strained . |
| 30 | ‘ You will be vexed to hear that some of the birds said to be in your last package from Sydney were missing : by what I can gather from your list they formed the whole of one of the smaller packages . |