Example sentences of "[is] [verb] some kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking about it he s got some kind of ‘ hot streak ’ when it comes to the FA Cup . |
| 2 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality . |
| 3 | I feel that somewhere over my head is hanging some kind of spirituality-ometer , and that I have been found wanting . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In my mind , the object of doing an evaluation is to create some kind of improvement in the situation that is being evaluated . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He 's doing some kind of business . |
| 11 | So Mark said they were out celebrating after he cam and he 's working for them next Saturday , she 's doing some kind of a function , |
| 12 | When this behaviour is seen for the first time , the owners may become seriously concerned , imagining that the cat is having some kind of fit or seizure . |
| 13 | ‘ It does indeed sound as if your father is having some kind of identity crisis . |
| 14 | Apparently Miss Duncan is having some kind of attack , and she asked for Niall . ’ |
| 15 | Chafe ( 1976 : 51 ) suggests that the function of topic is to specify some kind of framework , for instance in terms of time , location , or individual reference , within which the main statement applies and that ‘ real ’ topics ( in topic-prominent languages ) are not so much ‘ what the sentence is about ’ as ‘ the frame within which the sentence holds ’ . |