Example sentences of "some [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is dumb stodge , an unsightly glob of yellowing lard studded with fag ends and bluebottle eggs , festering in the corner of some little frequented Midlands transport café . |
| 2 | Some slowly became alcoholics . |
| 3 | Shrewd military gentlemen were always aware of political realities , and upon entry some already had promotion in mind . |
| 4 | King penguins were nesting on the hare ground a short walk from our landing beach , and while some still had eggs ( which are hatched on top of the feet under a fold of skin on the belly ) , others already had young , some of whom had developed brown down which made them look like teddy bears ! |
| 5 | Some still wore knee breeches , but tightly-fitting pantaloons buttoned round the ankle over the white silk socks were permitted . |
| 6 | Some still threw buckets of snow into the small flames that lived . |
| 7 | Many of us share some deeply felt worries about what will happen under the current procedures until the changeover takes place in 1993 . |
| 8 | Some clearly shared David Stockman 's notoriously low estimate of Reagan 's intellect and were not convinced that he had an adequate understanding of the intricacies of economic policy-making . |
| 9 | Although the teacher may well have introduced this later , and indeed CDL trials did show evidence of this , we decided to include some carefully graded illustrations in the documentation that take the teacher through the type of discussion we would like to see the children taking part in . |
| 10 | Phillips and Williams ( 1982b ) found that over 10 per cent of the 1,000 applicants in South Devon were living in bedsitters or caravans , while about one in five were sharing a kitchen , bathroom or WC ; 5 per cent were living in accommodation that lacked at least one of these facilities , and some even lacked mains electricity or water . |
| 11 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 12 | Some even had photographs of it on their walls . |
| 13 | Answering ‘ yes ’ to the second question means accepting some well tried principles of communication : |
| 14 | ‘ Dark Heaven ’ , however , is the real ear-opener : a genuinely affecting and infectious tale of romantic doom with a wiry , wired chorus and some neatly tapered strings . |
| 15 | Some newly discovered thelodonts suggest that , at least some , were markedly compressed laterally . |
| 16 | Though the Men could not understand a single one of these sickening and servile words , it seemed to work , for some occasionally gave Woil especially pleasant portions of food and all seemed to appreciate how easy it was to handle him . |