Example sentences of "it [was/were] [det] kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it were all kinds of animals and birds . |
| 2 | Condensation is an epidemic on this estate and usually the tenants are blamed , as though it were some kind of social disease , not a structural defect . |
| 3 | However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times . |
| 4 | Men of the standing of Peter Elliott were relegated to B races — it was that kind of night . |
| 5 | It was that kind of country , somehow , safe things looked dangerous , specially in the corner of your eye . |
| 6 | He was confronted , briefly , by an Arsenal supporter in the car park an hour after the match and Jensen said : ‘ Yes , Durie was kicking me — but it was that kind of game . ’ |
| 7 | There 's Daddy Dyance diving off desks and whacking boys with the cane — it was that kind of school . |
| 8 | It was that kind of day . |
| 9 | It was that kind of care that had kept him alive so long . |
| 10 | When my colleague had said that , with me sitting right beside him , I felt like punching him in the face ; it was that kind of attitude that any campaign would have to fight . |
| 11 | And it was that kind of debate that that went on the last few years . |
| 12 | It was that kind of statistical perversion . |
| 13 | It was that kind of first hair . ’ |
| 14 | It was that kind of place . |
| 15 | But Magilton missed , or rather Muggleton saved : it was that kind of game . |
| 16 | Now you 're preaching the sacrament of the foaming fibreglass , and digging your rail into the face like it was some kind of religion . |
| 17 | It was some kind of war work . |
| 18 | It was some kind of air duct , the hot , dry wind pushing into their faces as they moved away from the murderous thundering noise . |
| 19 | It was some kind of ancient burial site . |
| 20 | Early explorers of the Pacific coast of North America , who coveted the pure white pelts worn by the resident Indians , thought that it was some kind of polar bear . |
| 21 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 22 | And there was this view in Britain that maybe it was some kind of Russian er you know that it was a Russian manoeuvre . |
| 23 | The Vadinamians like to stage Recovery as if it was some kind of major ceremonial — with the required assembling of all the off-worlders , the exact timing and so on . |
| 24 | perhaps because it was some kind of miracle elixir . |
| 25 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 26 | It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation . |
| 27 | It was some kind of an observation post or mast . |
| 28 | And if I mind right I think it was some kind of relational that used to e in the bank , that was a teacher there . |
| 29 | It was some kind of title deed to a house in France . |
| 30 | The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection . |