Example sentences of "and [prep] some [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tessa had turned on the little light on the bedside table , but otherwise the room was in darkness , and for some moments Bob stood by the door , twisting his head backwards and forwards , trying to take the situation in . |
| 2 | Although rejected by the conference , it is noteworthy that the system is now used when the carboxyl group is attached to ring and for some acids ( eg citric acid is 3-hydroxypropane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid ) . |
| 3 | However , while the advisory team 's views had the undoubted consequence of making many Leeds primary classrooms seem busier and more attractive , the beneficial consequences for children 's learning were less clear ; and for some teachers , the claim of ‘ flexibility ’ had exactly the opposite effect , strait-jacketing them into practices to which they had no real commitment and which they had difficulty in managing . |
| 4 | The butterfly catastrophe contains the cusp catastrophe and for some values of constraint is qualitatively identical . |
| 5 | But once granted that we have adequate ground for interpreting people 's preferences as those of conscious beings , it is not clear why it should be denied that we have adequate clues as to whether they have pleasant or unpleasant experiences under various circumstances and for some judgements about the degree of the pleasure or pain involved which allow interpersonal comparisons . |
| 6 | The sun trickled around the blinds in Kate 's bedroom , falling in narrow shafts over the poppies on the wallpaper and on the orange-painted dressing-table It was warm in the room when she awoke and for some seconds she was aware of pleasurable anticipation , before the revelations of the day before came flooding in on her . |
| 7 | After 1970 , the operation of union membership agreements pushed overall membership consistently above 90 per cent , and for some grades such as train drivers , unionization has been virtually total . |
| 8 | Mass production on an artificial medium is now possible and for some formulations the endotoxin is extracted . |
| 9 | They also set up a programme of constant monitoring of the overall environment , both within the mine and for some miles around ’ . |
| 10 | And for some schools , this may be an interesting option , though if carried to extremes , it has serious limitations . |
| 11 | Thus , encouraging learners to explore and share their own personality can actually be seen as an unwarranted intrusion on privacy , and as the imposition of alien attitudes , in some cultures and for some individuals . |
| 12 | With the Hammersmith team he took part in the evolution of the heart-lung machine and for some years the Melrose pump-oxygenator was the standard in Britain . |
| 13 | After his election to a five-year term , he said : ‘ Albania has been a one-man country for 70 years , and for some years should be a parliamentary country . |
| 14 | Intended for the priesthood , Diderot lost his faith and for some years scraped a living as a tutor , hack journalist and translator . |
| 15 | Despite having an income and for some years an indulgent father , the task of raising them can not have been easy . |
| 16 | Isaacs named the substance interferon , and for some years vigorous efforts were made to develop it into a practical therapeutic agent . |
| 17 | They were joined by Southey , and for some years by Samuel Taylor Coleridge , and these ‘ Lake Poets ’ , as they became known after 1817 , make the Lakes a totally acceptable place . |
| 18 | 0-6-0T locomotives in the Class USA had been an interesting addition to the British Railway scene at the end of World War Two and for some years during the steam era of British Railways . |
| 19 | Few of the elderly male messengers now remained , and for some years the Department had recruited women . |
| 20 | For much of the interwar period and for some years after 1945 , the judges seemed to withdraw from the conflict or , when asked to intervene , tended to adopt a neutral position . |
| 21 | But during 1939–45 and for some years after the war , there was a marked change in judicial attitudes . |
| 22 | The Japanese learned that their Far Eastern neighbours were better at making portable radios and black and white televisions and for some years now have passed over production of these items when only 10 years ago they were world leaders . |
| 23 | Roberton 's interests extended to chamber music , and for some years his concerts featured visits from the London String Quartet and the Lener String Quartet . |
| 24 | His father was a tailor and for some years the young Steen helped him in his business . |
| 25 | One problem was immediately clear : nearly all the large shops have contracts with waste paper merchants or waste disposal companies and for some years , at least , it would be necessary to collect the waste from the contractors , not the shops . |
| 26 | Clearly , for the moment and for some years to come , the prospects are slight . |
| 27 | For interest shejoined the Southwark ordination course to study Theology and for some years has written a regular Bible commentary for her Parish Magazine . |
| 28 | Walden reviews the statutory regulations that govern recordkeeping within the UK and for some issues in comparison to Europe and the US ( 1993 ) . |
| 29 | And while I was waiting for them I I went into a little shop and For some cigarettes , and er me brother y Oh younger brother , we 'd started him up er f he was a plumber . |
| 30 | At the present time , and for some months ( if not years ) to come , a subterranean roadway is being constructed under the harbour , and the diggings , scaffoldings and shoring incurred by this vast undertaking are a pictorial eyesore . |