Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] was some [noun sg] " 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 | I also played with the idea that what afflicted me was some kind of strabismus of the psyche . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 7 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 8 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 9 | I thought it was some kind of erm er documentary yeah that 's what I thought . |
| 10 | He thought it was some research she was doing . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | At first I thought it was some ague but it proved to the Sweating Sickness . |
| 13 | You do n't imagine Charles would have asked Guy to help us if he thought he was some kind of financial shark ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They said it was some illness he had when he was young . |
| 16 | Marcus said it was some idiot wanting the Water Company . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | You said he was some sort of cousin . ’ |
| 19 | They called it smoked salmon and I immediately concluded it was some sort of rich man 's herring . |