Example sentences of "was [verb] [subord] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I wonder I was wondering whether some people were having abortion because they perhaps already had too many children ? |
| 4 | Just how accurate they are was demonstrated when some birds were kept under a stationary artificial " sun " . |
| 5 | I was damned if some nineteen-year-old pipsqueak with zits and a clip-on tie was going to make me feel loathsome . |
| 6 | The proposal was blocked when some deputies stayed away to prevent a quorum . |
| 7 | Turnout was estimated as some 60 per cent in the elections , the first to be held under a new electoral law [ see pp. 37274 ; 37707 ] and using a new voter roll which increased the total electorate to some 36,000,000 eligible voters . |
| 8 | An average hourly revenue loss of $78,191 was identified though some individual companies put losses at $500,000 plus . |