Example sentences of "[be] [verb] some kind " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Getting away with it ’ , of course , means something only if the bats are adopting some kind of Tit for Tat strategy . |
2 | So you s you s you 're saying so you 're saying some kind of actual |
3 | Now , Freud was n't saying that every time you dream about an umbrella you 're , you 're dreaming some kind of sexual wish , erm , but what he 's saying is that umbrellas and other things that can erm become erect or open out often do represent but you could conceivably have an umbrella dream in which the umbrella , through your private associations , stood for something completely different , it 's quite , it 's quite possible . |
4 | Thinking about it he s got some kind of ‘ hot streak ’ when it comes to the FA Cup . |
5 | It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled . |
6 | been having some kind of direction there , has n't he , I mean at |
7 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
8 | It could be that the outer estates are approaching some kind of basic ‘ subsistence , level , where disposable income has reached such a low level that future increases in unemployment will begin to have a smaller effect in reducing local incomes per head , simply because so many people are already dependent on state benefits . |
9 | All the opportunities to do so are there this September — in fact , around the time of the New Moon on the 19th you will be celebrating some kind of moral as well as financial victory . |
10 | Erm she must be getting some kind of |
11 | You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too ! |
12 | Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ? |
13 | He seemed to be having some kind of fit . |
14 | You ca n't possibly have got it into your head that I 'm having some kind of affair with Lexy , of all people . |
15 | The driver seemed to be playing some kind of survival game with the girls of the Navimore School : he slowed down out of courtesy to the bus stop sign , but took it no further than that . |
16 | He thought that the L could stand for Larksoken and that the Whistler might be making some kind of statement about nuclear power , a protest perhaps . ’ |
17 | It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution . |
18 | A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning . |
19 | Still , he had a sense of movement ; as though in the quietness they were seeking some kind of glory . |
20 | Roirbak had the absurd impression he was being offered some kind of religious icon . |
21 | It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things . |
22 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality . |
23 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality-ometer , and that I have been found wanting . |
24 | While noting that Parolles is given some kind of dignity in verse , we should also observe that Shakespeare seldom ends a scene with a soliloquy in prose — Thersites and Falstaff are the only characters who do so more than once . |
25 | My experience in Texas and with other large contemporary prison systems leads me to wonder whether in future the best we can hope for is to obtain some kind of a mix of the two , and avoid the worse features of each . |
26 | In my mind , the object of doing an evaluation is to create some kind of improvement in the situation that is being evaluated . |
27 | I think this absolutely vital because in my mind the object of doing an evaluation is to create some kind of improvement in the situation that is being evaluated . |
28 | We have seen that it is communication with another person who is experiencing some kind of emotional trouble , or acting under stress in some way . |
29 | The answer here is to use some kind of plumber 's snake — a length of flat or helically-wound spring steel with a brass knob or a steel spring on the end which can be inserted into the waste pipe and rotated . |
30 | He 's doing some kind of business . |