Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] was some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To hear you talk , anyone would think I was some kind of wanton , a man-stealer . |
| 2 | To cast aspersions on the new revolutionaries was to put his own patriotism in question : ‘ if I 'd done that , Bill Casey , Jean Kirkpatrick ( the Ambassador to the United Nations ) and Cap Weinberger would have said I was some kind of a commie . ’ |
| 3 | Just because I had a bat and had played at school , they assumed I was some kind of expert . |
| 4 | That he obviously imagined she was some kind of flighty , sex-starved man-eater ? |
| 5 | To hear him talk , anyone would think she was some kind of Jezebel on the make . |
| 6 | With just the aid of a walking stick he had made his way to the Blue Boar followed by most of the kids in the village , who must have thought he was some sort of God . |
| 7 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 8 | I also played with the idea that what afflicted me was some kind of strabismus of the psyche . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose he was some kind of tenant . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know why you should have led me to believe he was some kind of old buffer . ’ |
| 11 | She 'd be sitting at home waiting for this bloody man , who at best thought she was some kind of alien , and at worst , stark , staring mad . |
| 12 | No , I , I knew it was some time but I just I remembered Louise 's birthday because Louise 's birthday was the Friday the thirteenth |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 14 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 15 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 16 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 17 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 18 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 19 | Putting out the cigarette again , as though stubbing Alice out of existence , he said , " I thought it was some hooligan , these kids who come into a house on an impulse " It was at this point that the next thought hit him , and again he sat staring . |
| 20 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 21 | You do n't imagine Charles would have asked Guy to help us if he thought he was some kind of financial shark ? |
| 22 | But the Frenchman was murmuring to him , a quick flow of English mixed with French , about nothing much , but Miranda could tell it was some business they had together . |
| 23 | ‘ She thinks it was some distance outside Harpenden from the time it took to get there , but she 's very disorientated . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Think it was some margarine or All they got was the , you know , |
| 26 | And she died them pink and she , I ca n't remember what I think it was some sort of , erm cooking net that she bought . |
| 27 | Er , well I think it was some sort of a |
| 28 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
| 29 | Personally , he just hoped it was some headcase from the funny farm up the hill who 'd been let out on parole too early with a meat axe . |
| 30 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |