Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says it 's some kind of sadist that carries out this kind of attack . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not understand you , ’ he rasped , ‘ but coming from you I imagine it is some acid comment . |
| 3 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
| 4 | I know it 's some time ago , but I do remember , vaguely . |
| 5 | When students come across it they assume it is some sort of technical language . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 10 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 11 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 12 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 13 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 14 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ She thinks it was some distance outside Harpenden from the time it took to get there , but she 's very disorientated . |
| 19 | I think it 's some kind of systems error . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I think it 's some sort of demonstration , Moira , ’ replies a man with ‘ husband ’ written all over him . |
| 21 | ‘ They live right by the place the going-up jets go from and they think it 's some sort of magic place ! ’ he said . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Think it was some margarine or All they got was the , you know , |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Er , well I think it was some sort of a |
| 26 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
| 27 | I presume it 's some sponsor or other . |
| 28 | ‘ Some people tend to think it 's some faraway problem that will never come to anything , but it destroyed human decency before and it can again if we do n't stand up to it . |
| 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 . |