Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [modal v] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought it would be some time tonight . ’ |
| 2 | BELVILLE : [ aside ] The girl had good sense and I thought it would be some pleasure to watch by what gradation she might be made to rise into love . |
| 3 | He thought it might be some time before he was looking for a love-nest again with her . |
| 4 | She thought it must be some busybody inspector-of-something-or-other . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but I thought it must be some arch or something that everybody had to stoop to go through . |
| 6 | Halzman half suggested it might be some sort of timing device . |