Example sentences of "he be some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , had he been some eight years older , he would have been born a subject of the pope — but the Piedmontese put an end to that possibility when they invaded Rome in 1870 . |
| 2 | ‘ There 'll be an outcry , bring up a human baby as though he were some sort of experimental animal ! |
| 3 | Then , of course , there were the Bruces , Lord Bruce who should be preparing himself for death instead of being involved in politics as if he were some young courtier intent on rising as fast and as far as he could . |
| 4 | He treated her to a brief flash of his identity card before tucking it away out of sight ; people were still gaping at him as if he were some alien from outer space . |
| 5 | It is important not to interpret the phrase that Jesus had felt some power go out of him as though he were some sort of ‘ divine energy source ’ of healing . |
| 6 | Now she saw him , standing on the pavement outside the church , holding his thumb out to her and grinning beseechingly as though he were some hopeful teenager off on the hippy trail . |
| 7 | How dare this man demand his credentials as if he were some arriviste from the Colonies whose background had to be sniffed out and tracked down because his foreground was presumed to be so suspect ! |
| 8 | That was another thing — it did n't help her to maintain her own sense of proportion when the rest of the world treated Luke Hunter as if he were some kind of royalty … |
| 9 | Mrs Crumwallis was peering at Bill Muggeridge as if he were some little-known species of the rhinoceros family , and she needed to consult the label on his cage to be sure of his name . |
| 10 | Behind her Rune remained silent , his presence oppressive as if he were some Superman radiating a special kind of beam which could put the world to rights if only one believed in it . |
| 11 | It was the odd way he was looking at her , almost as if he were some kind of predatory animal waiting to pounce . |
| 12 | He grazed through the streets as if he were some sort of god , head and shoulders above everyone . |
| 13 | His documentary ( pretentiously entitled Vaughanssaga ) is blighted by his belief that he is some kind of Broadcasting Artist . |
| 14 | In the enthusiasm of the renewed emphasis on the Spirit these days he is some times presented as the pathway to power in the Christian life , the secret of success in personal living and in service . |
| 15 | ‘ You have only to look at him to see he is some sort of a relation , ’ she said sharply . |
| 16 | At 28 he 's some way younger than most of our fashionable young novelist types . |
| 17 | Why do you go on believing he 's some sort of great big nome in the sky ? ’ |
| 18 | I gathered he 's some sort of adviser on Roman antiques — I 'm a little vague about details . |
| 19 | Oh , I know he 's good , an ’ he gave Brett one helluva beatin' , but that don' mean he 's some kinda superman . |
| 20 | He paused to steady his breathing , ‘ He 's some kind of nutter . |
| 21 | He 's some pilot , is n't he . ’ |
| 22 | He 's some foreigner thing , but they were saying they do n't allow them to talk to the customers that 's it , you do n't talk false stop , no hows , whys or whatever , you do n't talk |
| 23 | I do n't know he 's some flu or something , he 's been in bed for four days |
| 24 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 25 | Er one of her , well I do n't know who he really is , but he 's some relation , he goes every morning , every morning |
| 26 | By now he was some twenty lengths in front of his pursuers , and it was becoming a matter of how long this horse of doubtful stamina could keep going . |
| 27 | With just the aid of a walking stick he had made his way to the Blue Boar followed by most of the kids in the village , who must have thought he was some sort of God . |
| 28 | First of all , he appeared on television like he was some kind of game-show berk , not a businessman . |
| 29 | He was some three shots clear of the field standing on the 14th tee , but then lost this advantage after he recorded a double-bogey and two bogeys in the last six holes . |
| 30 | He was some number , I 'll tell you . |