Example sentences of "it [be] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying near it were some plates which had been washed and left to drain , and beside them stood the most delicate of porcelain cups . |
| 2 | We 've got erm yes we 've got quite a lot of land stock interest we might have accrued er and have n't , erm thirty million pounds in fact , but erm it has n't been accrued because in our view it 's some years off for being paid , but we think er or so I 'm informed by the Chairman of B-Sky-B er that things are going quite well |
| 3 | We we tried to do as much as we could we drove from erm Colorado right the way round California up through Utah and stuff and so it is some parts of the desert are very boring . |
| 4 | I feel as if I have been wandering through this forest for an eternity , and it is some days since I have found anything to eat . |
| 5 | It is some years since I was wont to use the language , though I spoke it often enough at home in Russia . |
| 6 | It is some years since it became generally if reluctantly accepted that sport and politics can not be separated . |
| 7 | Social scientists have been looking at extra-marital sexual patterns to understand why it is some men and women have affairs and others do n't . |
| 8 | It was some minutes before the hubbub died down . |
| 9 | It was some minutes later when her glance encountered Rourke , engrossed in conversation . |
| 10 | It was some moments before it occurred to any of them that it might well be Chris or the tardy boy from the bistro , harmlessly appealing for admission to his promised evening of jollity and sustenance . |
| 11 | Doing her best to ignore the sight of his bare torso , it was some moments before she recalled the fact that Ross had never worn any pyjamas . |
| 12 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 13 | It was some hours before he had his wish . |
| 14 | Although it was morning and the quietest time of the day the air was already pungent with the smell of curry and spices , reminding Massingham that it was some hours since breakfast and that there was no certainty when he would get his lunch . |
| 15 | Cows and calves inside were led to safety , and it was some hours later that firemen discovered a body in the debris . |
| 16 | It was some weeks before Bobbie took her brother and sister to meet the friendly engine driver and fireman . |
| 17 | This south-eastern quarter was to Stephen 's mind the least beautiful , but it was some weeks since he had been there and he liked to keep the whole of the moor under surveillance . |
| 18 | But , with that unpredictability which makes biology such a fascinating science , it was some biochemists interested in nutrition who laid foundations for the next major advance in the treatment of cancer . |
| 19 | It was some years before I went that way again , and something had happened . |
| 20 | A dense fog descended on the field and I found myself isolated at left-half marking the right winger — yes , it was some years ago ! |
| 21 | It was some years since this had been preoccupied with anything but work , which had taken the place of his former bodily urgings , fulfilling him completely . |
| 22 | ‘ It was some years back . ’ |
| 23 | It was some years before they were replaced and the legend on the present bridge at the airport tells the story ; Built 1885 . |
| 24 | It was some years before I actually tried to ride it , and that was all because of the kindness of Martin from Sunderland . |
| 25 | It was some years since I had seen his signature . |
| 26 | Well , that 's probably right erm I can just about remember it and you know as a child , and it did n't really sink in , it was some years afterwards before it actually sank in exactly what had been going on |
| 27 | no it was some years before she re-married again |
| 28 | It was some days before he resolved on this , but he then met with strong opposition from both Joffre and Foch , who wanted him first to penetrate the centre ridge between Pozières and Thiepval . |
| 29 | Sadly he died shortly afterwards and for many reasons it was some months before I used the disc . |
| 30 | It was some months later that Harold and Richard realised that Phil Prior had found a husband elsewhere . |