Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] some kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nearly everyone made some kind of a contribution . |
| 2 | Ideas about not ‘ burdening others ’ with personal problems , that discussing them denotes some kind of ‘ personal weakness ’ , are common within the older generations , especially when the prospective counsellee has a strong sense of personal dignity and pride . |
| 3 | Everyone has some kind of world view . |
| 4 | Mrs Murchie , 48 , who has been a member for nine years , believes everyone needs some kind of first aid training . |
| 5 | My father came from a peasant family in Berkshire , consisting of three sons and five daughters , all of whom entered some kind of domestic service , the women rising to responsible posts as head housemaids , housekeepers and parlourmaids . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you serving me food , or am I interrupting some kind of talent contest ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My work , ’ he says , ‘ depends upon my having some kind of … depth . |
| 8 | ‘ I need some kind of advantage . ’ |
| 9 | I have some kind of feelings towards that idea . ’ |
| 10 | Make me feel I have some kind of base to my life . |
| 11 | To recapitulate : the novel tells a story , which has some kind of generalisable thematic significance , by means of a tissue of interwoven discourses . |
| 12 | I also wanted to get a rhythm through the work which portrayed some kind of dance . |
| 13 | Indeed , we can probably find some kind of research in progress in each of the 200 or more institutions which offer some kind of higher education in the UK . |
| 14 | Perhaps he even considered himself to have some kind of claim to the place ? |
| 15 | The most serious attack by wood-boring beetles can cause structural damage , but this is rare except in older houses , nearly all of which have some kind of local attack . |
| 16 | She made some kind of gesture . |
| 17 | Would you prefer to have another election so that one party could obtain an overall majority or would you prefer some kind of arrangement between the parties so there would not have to be an election for a number of years ? |
| 18 | Would n't you agree it 's just about time that somebody helped you to restore some kind of order into your life ? " |
| 19 | Ken 's clan did n't take kindly to that and rounded on the woman , who sought some kind of defence . |
| 20 | Erm If it 's if you want some kind of a guideline I think last year I ca n't remember but I think we I think last year we actually had to ask because the parish could n't support it totally . |
| 21 | She has some kind of black shawl over her shoulders . |
| 22 | They ask you for every kind of documentation you can imagine and then treat you like some kind of being that is half-human , half-dog , who does n't have any private life of her own . |
| 23 | You get some kind of a kick out of it , I suppose . |
| 24 | Funerals are very valuable politically , and then you usually get a kind of a shake down , you get some kind of group — in the Communist countries it 's the polit bureau . |
| 25 | Are you starting some kind of floating menagerie on my boat ? ’ |
| 26 | Do you have some kind of contact with the weather gods ? ’ she asked sourly . |
| 27 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't see how we can avoid that , ’ said Robert , ‘ unless you use some kind of periscope . ’ |
| 29 | Even if the messages were not true ( and she had no hope that they might be true ) at least somebody believed sufficiently in their truth to pay cash for them , to rent hoardings and to put up posters for them , and that in itself offered some kind of alternative : Christianity meant nothing to her , but she was glad that in despite of her mother 's defection , it existed . |
| 30 | Vecchi was a small timer who earned some kind of living around the pool rooms . |