Example sentences of "by some [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was what she 'd do now , if by some chance she bumped into Nicolo . |
| 2 | Made the more appealing , perhaps , by alcohol and half-light , she was nonetheless beautiful , her elfin face crossed by a touching sadness , her brow furrowed by some longing she could not define . |
| 3 | In 1819 the Board of Kandyan Commissioners stated that this ‘ practice is sanctioned by such long usage that , until by some proclamation it is declared illegal , it might be deemed harsh to visit the act by punishment . ’ |
| 4 | By some instinct I told them … about the lost and degraded womanhood of England , the hosts of young girls slain in body and soul … met with at night in our terrible streets . |
| 5 | Somehow he managed to make it fun , the way he made so many things fun , and , now he was either dead or else taken over by some force I could not even begin to understand , there was nothing whatsoever to keep me in the Church . |
| 6 | If by some miracle they manage to achieve an orgasm , they do n't know whether they 're coming or going . |
| 7 | By some miracle she had hung on to her job with the Caring Chauvinist , but she found it exhausting coping with that , and running the house , and looking after Perdita , and more and more after Violet and Eddie . |
| 8 | Look at them and then , if by some miracle you 're happy with them , let me know . |
| 9 | Ruth saw at once that her grandfather was not in the room , but she took it for granted that by some miracle he had improved enough to get upstairs and was resting in bed . |