Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact remained that the beef was overcooked and some of the potatoes were burned . |
| 2 | Gloucester and Buckingham then rode to Stony Stratford to take possession of Edward V. His escort was dismissed and some of his closest associates arrested , among them his stepbrother Richard Grey and his chamberlain Sir Thomas Vaughan . |
| 3 | Gloucester and Buckingham then rode to Stony Stratford to take possession of Edward V. His escort was dismissed and some of his closest associates arrested , among them his stepbrother Richard Grey and his chamberlain Sir Thomas Vaughan . |
| 4 | Such things as fingers , hernias and extended navels have caused problems in practice when the defence has submitted that it was not the penis which was exposed but some other similar looking object . |
| 5 | In order to meet these requirements , it was realised that some form of detector-operated system would be essential , and this led to the development of the zoned system in which open sprinklers were used , mounted vertically one above the other on a drop pipe and fed from a ‘ zone control valve ’ which was opened directly by the response of the detector to the fire . |
| 6 | A TEACHER who was sacked because some of his lessons were said to be too sexually explicit has won £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal . |
| 7 | In the last chapter it was explained that some of the world 's languages are ‘ tone languages ’ , in which substituting one distinctive tone for another on a particular word or morpheme can cause a change in the dictionary ( ‘ lexical ’ ) meaning of that word or morpheme , or in some aspect of its grammatical categorisation . |
| 8 | In the last chapter the nature of stress was explained and some broad general rules were given for deciding which syllable in a word should receive primary stress . |
| 9 | It was reported that some delegates demanded the replacement of between 70 and 90 per cent of the 91-member central committee , but almost 80 per cent of the outgoing central committee members were estimated to have been re-elected . |
| 10 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |
| 11 | On Aug. 28 , it was reported that some 1,000 Italian troops would assist with the distribution of US$85,000,000 worth of Italian food aid , sufficient to meet Albania 's requirement for three months . |
| 12 | Haverford was laughing and some of his audience nodded solemnly , as though they understood . |
| 13 | It was expected that some sort of legal action would follow . |
| 14 | It was expected that some 40-50 mergers per year would fall due for examination in this way . |
| 15 | It was expected that some of the larger projects approved by the Gandhi government would be postponed . |
| 16 | It was noticed that some undertakers dispensed with full-length shrouds , preferring to adapt the coffin lining to serve this purpose . |
| 17 | In Chapter 2 it was argued that some of the most striking features of the post-war development of the British state , at least until the late 1970s , could be explained quite effectively in terms of ‘ corporate bias ’ , that is moves away from the formal structures of democratic ( electoral ) representation towards the representation of major corporate interest groups ( such as the trade unions and employers ' organizations ) , as mediated through the agency of the state itself . |
| 18 | While this is a notoriously difficult problem , it was argued that some progress can be made . |
| 19 | On behalf of the defendant it was argued that some limitation had to be placed on the word " practice " and the natural and proper limitation was to imply the words " as medical practitioners " . |
| 20 | It was accepted that some specialists and a class of supplementary clerks would be needed , but they did not fit into the overall scheme . |
| 21 | As the situation deteriorated , it was felt that some further evidence of the British government 's determination not to allow the majority to lean on the minority was needed . |
| 22 | It was felt that some of the local footpaths and bridleways would benefit from more attention — the individual paths were not specified . |
| 23 | In what was seen as some of the most important legislation in the country 's history , President Jaime Paz Zamora signed four decrees on Sept. 23 which endorsed an agreement reached between the government and Indian leaders the previous day . |
| 24 | No well I never that far but that was done and some would have the broad black |
| 25 | As a result the warbler increased in numbers until by 1988 the population had built to the extent that it was decided that some birds could be caught and transported to the island of Aride , some twelve kilometres north , which is managed by the UK-based Royal Society for Nature Conservation . |
| 26 | The extent of the problems faced by students at the poly was highlighted last week when it was revealed that some students were living in cars , and others had to turn down places because of the lack of affordable housing . |
| 27 | This would cause many of the possible infinities to cancel out , but it was suspected that some infinities might still remain . |
| 28 | I wonder I was wondering whether some people were having abortion because they perhaps already had too many children ? |
| 29 | Years later , Jack was told that some time before his tenure of Bradley Fold West signal box a man from a nearby village was killed on the line . |
| 30 | It was agreed that some of the concerns raised in the survey were matters for education authorities to address — for example in terms of resourcing , staffing and staff development . |