Example sentences of "it [be] some kind " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | But I would say it 's some kind of tribesman . ’ |
3 | ‘ Guess it 's some kind of indigenous British bird , huh ? ’ , suggested an American copy editor I worked with recently when he was checking the meaning of the term ‘ reggie-spotter ’ . |
4 | I think it 's some kind of systems error . ’ |
5 | ‘ It 's some kind of plant ! ’ |
6 | I think deep down it 's some kind of fear , a fear of comparisons . |
7 | Harpo said , ‘ If you ask me , it 's some kind of contemporary sculpture . |
8 | It 's some kind of personal statement . |
9 | He says it 's some kind of sadist that carries out this kind of attack . |
10 | Canetti 's great foe is death and his belief in the power of words to fight it is some kind of myth that motivates his pen . |
11 | Now you 're preaching the sacrament of the foaming fibreglass , and digging your rail into the face like it was some kind of religion . |
12 | It was some kind of war work . |
13 | It was some kind of air duct , the hot , dry wind pushing into their faces as they moved away from the murderous thundering noise . |
14 | It was some kind of ancient burial site . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
17 | And there was this view in Britain that maybe it was some kind of Russian er you know that it was a Russian manoeuvre . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | perhaps because it was some kind of miracle elixir . |
20 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
21 | It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation . |
22 | It was some kind of an observation post or mast . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | It was some kind of title deed to a house in France . |
25 | The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection . |
26 | He raised the bucket too , and shook it rhythmically , as if it was some kind of primitive musical instrument . |
27 | It was some kind of hallucinogen , was n't it ? |
28 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |