Example sentences of "[verb] it [was/were] some [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Police suspect it was some form of protest . |
2 | 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 |
3 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
4 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
5 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
6 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
7 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
8 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ She thinks it was some distance outside Harpenden from the time it took to get there , but she 's very disorientated . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Think it was some margarine or All they got was the , you know , |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Er , well I think it was some sort of a |
17 | ‘ I think it was some time in the seventies , ’ said Ken . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |
20 | Marcus said it was some idiot wanting the Water Company . ’ |
21 | Khor , he said it was some guy they know in Spiderglass itself — you know , they pay him and he sneaks out and does it right here . |
22 | Looking back on it , I realize it was some sort of act of rebellion . |
23 | They called it smoked salmon and I immediately concluded it was some sort of rich man 's herring . |