Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] some kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 2 | About 200 people reported seeing some kind of craft landing near the base in 1980 . |
| 3 | In fact , it might even be a hindrance , though I suppose later on you 'd need to discover some kind of friendship too , otherwise what on earth would you talk about at nights ? ’ |
| 4 | Following the section assessment 84 per cent of males and 95 per cent of females were considered to suffer some kind of mental disorder . |
| 5 | When this happens it means that the animal has suffered some kind of temperature-increasing illness , such as a prolonged fever , or possibly some kind of shock or trauma . |
| 6 | I always tried to buy some kind of meat , mainly for my husband , chops or rabbit , mince , a couple of chicken joints for a casserole . |
| 7 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 8 | However , he has said : ‘ If social services want to keep some kind of data about the additional services which may not immediately be necessary , I do n't think the process is going to open them up to a legal threat . ’ |
| 9 | These included creating some kind of social security for women artists and making available to them a basic training . |
| 10 | But if we were to pay phone bills , postage , future printing costs and fund a minimum wage for someone to run the NUJ office , we would need to hold some kind of fund-raising benefit . |
| 11 | Such a cleric has long recognised that his personal belief is not the same thing as historical evidence , and he has effected some kind of personal reconciliation between the two — a reconciliation which , to a greater or lesser degree , manages to accommodate both . |
| 12 | As he handed Ben the bowl he almost expected to receive some kind of shock — a violent discharge of the child 's unnatural energy — through the medium of the bowl . |
| 13 | When we reach the face-to-face negotiations , the parties themselves will be able to confront their ideological and territorial difficulties and seek to reach some kind of compromise . |
| 14 | Like most works that are felt to mark some kind of watershed in the history of music , Peter Grimes has been heavily probed for , among other things , debts to and possible borrowings from the works of other composers . |
| 15 | They also hope to develop some kind of a synchronised timetable to provide five or six ships sailing at least every hour for 364 days a year . |
| 16 | So what I was gon na say was , that , that partic , partic er participant observations typically involves actually living with the , the study for a fair amount of time , so erm although they might tell you a pack of lies initially you can actually observe what they 're like , what they do and see whether they fit what they 've said and as time goes on you ha hope to develop some kind of rapport with them so that they might totally understand . |
| 17 | Both she and Lucy seemed to have some kind of thing for breasts . |
| 18 | She seemed to think some kind of explanation was necessary . |
| 19 | I , like many other married women , hope to achieve some kind of independence and do n't want to rely on my husband for everything all the time . |
| 20 | That applies equally to those in the private sector and to those who are now in the public sector but who hope to make some kind of management-employee buy-out . |
| 21 | You will probably also want to fit some kind of thermostatic control . |
| 22 | You can usually then begin to see some kind of crazy logic in them . |
| 23 | I think it 's more constructive ; we 're always going to make weapons of some kind , ships of some kind , boats , we 're always going to drive some kind of vehicle , and we 're always going to need hospital equipment . |
| 24 | I would like to see some kind of control scheme entailing the reliable and permanent marking of dogs for future identification . |
| 25 | If marriage exists to create some kind of secure relationship , from which flow mutual rights and expectations , and to provide a stable environment for raising children , if there be any , but is not predicated solely on the opportunity for intercourse , then it can legitimately be extended to cover the union of two persons , one of whom is an operated transsexual . |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , I 'm going to do some kind of a tour in the Fall . |
| 27 | The Chairmaster , grave , imposing , and bald as a biscuit , apart from the red wig , adhering by a miracle to his left ear , was attempting to give some kind of order to the proceedings . |
| 28 | If you think you 're going to get some kind of reward for — ’ |
| 29 | Then , it , it 's immediately a problem , how do we get in , we 've got to have some kind of role which is acceptable to the people you 're studying . |
| 30 | ‘ Urchin ’ is the Anglo-Saxon word for ‘ hedge-hog ’ , which , as its modern English name also implies , was thought to have some kind of affinity with pigs — undoubtedly because of the way hedgehogs snuffle and root . |