Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] was some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just because I had a bat and had played at school , they assumed I was some kind of expert . |
| 2 | That he obviously imagined she was some kind of flighty , sex-starved man-eater ? |
| 3 | The servants believed there was some blight on Iskandara and her mother — they had gossiped across Alexandra in her nursery when she was supposedly too small to understand — some blight so that only daughters were born to these remarkable women who craved sons , and lone daughters at that , born late , at a time when most women were coming to an end of their childbearing . |
| 4 | But he added there was some evidence suggesting it did not arrive before Moscow issued its condemnation of the US action . |
| 5 | I also played with the idea that what afflicted me was some kind of strabismus of the psyche . |
| 6 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 7 | Table 4 demonstrates that in the period covered there was some income redistribution , but mainly towards middle income groups rather than those on the lowest levels . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Barclay Report ( 1982 ) on the role and tasks of social workers recognized the limitations of the prevailing ‘ one case/one worker ’ approach to social service provision and felt there was some merit in the neighbourhood- or community-based model of practice , using teams of diverse personnel , led by a professionally-trained worker . |
| 10 | ‘ Lightness ’ was not an easy charge for a religious sheikh to bear , especially if he felt there was some justification for the charge ; and in his heart of hearts , away from the public arena , Osman might well accept the need for some self-examination . |
| 11 | Although Carlson felt there was some connection with the chaos and anarchy erupting over the Althosian system he was sure none of the Freedom Party supporters would have devised such a ruthless method for annihilating the elite . |
| 12 | Well I gathered there was some problem . |
| 13 | Once Blanche saw his hands whirring over each other , she knew there was some hope . |
| 14 | In his heart , Nigel knew there was some truth in what she was saying . |
| 15 | ‘ It really was quite circumstantial , so I thought there was some chance . |
| 16 | And he thought there was some chemistry between her and Lord Carrington ? |
| 17 | We thought there was some sort of divine providence which would somehow or other get us away . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 20 | At first I thought it was some pimps , the door literally came off its hinges . |
| 21 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 22 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 23 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 24 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 27 | You do n't imagine Charles would have asked Guy to help us if he thought he was some kind of financial shark ? |
| 28 | ‘ You said there was some business . |
| 29 | That 's right you told us , you said there was some people at |
| 30 | 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 . |