Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [prep] be some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In the Sixties — with Charlton , Law and Best at United , Greaves at Spurs , Marsh at Rangers , Moore , Hurst and Peters at West Ham — you had to be some kind of deranged flagellant to choose a team that had n't won a thing since the Coronation . |
2 | You have to be some chancer to turn down 10 million for a player that could burn out from snorting too much junk food in a few years : - ) ( mixing my puns there , I think ) . |
3 | It wo n't do , wo n't make a lady of you , and you have to be some kind of a lady to get a decent job in a decent ladies ’ shop . |
4 | ‘ We have to be some way above it to see it clearly . |
5 | It has to be some kind of conspiracy . |
6 | It ca n't be just figures it has to be some sort of er summation does n't it as well or not ? |
7 | When the verdict came down over the radio earlier that afternoon , I thought it had to be some kind of misunderstanding — a joke . |