Example sentences of "that [pers pn] be some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Your tone would seem to imply that I am some sort of Bluebeard who keeps her incarcerated . |
| 2 | Why would you suppose that I 'm some kind of insomniac ? ’ |
| 3 | You 've got this superior idea that I 'm some sort of half-wit from the back of beyond who has n't the vaguest notion of what happens in the big , bad world . |
| 4 | You see , if you like me then you 'll think that I 'm some sort of brain surgeon , and if you hate me then you 'll think I 'm shit … the truth is in the middle . |
| 5 | As he said to us 42 years later , ‘ I was interested in some kind of sense , that I descended from Aaron , that I was some kind of high priest . |
| 6 | This afternoon — I arrived in Salisbury at around three thirty — when I entered my address in her register as ‘ Darlington Hall ’ , I could see her look at me with some trepidation , assuming no doubt that I was some gentleman used to such places as the Ritz or the Dorchester and that I would storm out of her guest house on being shown my room . |
| 7 | Mind you , he was also daunted by the fact that I was some years his senior . |
| 8 | Mr Blair-Gould said : ‘ The prosecution clearly suggest … that she is some kind of dreadful rebel on a crusade against censorship . ’ |
| 9 | Franca , wondering who she was , had decided that she was some sort of secretary or servant of Marcus , like the conjuror 's assistant . |
| 10 | Even Nelson 's invitation was being misconstrued as more evidence that she was some sort of siren who enjoyed luring men with her seductive powers . |
| 11 | Oh I had about a shilling pocket money I think , although they used , they 'd fine you , they 'd stop money off you if you were late if you were a quarter of an hour late you could n't go in and erm until , and then you 'd got to explain to your mums , well that you were some money short you see , why is this , and we had to say well we were a bit late getting in when you started out soon enough you see . |
| 12 | Chapter 14 shows how experts used to have immunity on the ground that they were some kind of arbitrator , until that immunity was swept away in 1975 , but that it is still difficult to sue an expert . |
| 13 | I get the impression that it 's some sort of systematic research , maybe a response to a leak . |
| 14 | The task here is to make people feel that it is some way superior , " Nothing works faster than Anadin " , is probably one of the best examples . |
| 15 | The first contends that the word ‘ appropriate ’ has built into it a connotation that it is some action inconsistent with the owner 's rights , something hostile to the interests of the owner or contrary to his wishes and intention or without his authority . |
| 16 | The depression on the ‘ blade ’ and the overall shape suggest to me that it is some sort of agricultural implement , such as a weeding paddle or potato lifter . |
| 17 | More to the point was that it was some compensation for the lower salary . |
| 18 | Yet his great blue jowls appeared sufficient fortification against the world ; while so immense was his dignity that it was some while before I realized he spent his nights in the arms of my recently widowed mother . |
| 19 | Oh yes they put this , this tannin down it was like a bark I do n't know what it was cos I 'm not in the leather trade , I , I do n't know much about it except that it was some by-product from the of the er tanning process , and they used to put this stuff down when people were ill . |
| 20 | Although it was morning and the quietest time of the day the air was already pungent with the smell of curry and spices , reminding Massingham that it was some hours since breakfast and that there was no certainty when he would get his lunch . |
| 21 | Early explorers of the Pacific coast of North America , who coveted the pure white pelts worn by the resident Indians , thought that it was some kind of polar bear . |
| 22 | The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection . |
| 23 | I know he told me that it was some sort of favour for something he did for your father a long time ago , but what ? ’ |
| 24 | I never doubted what I was feeling , but I was shocked when it did n't fade over the years , and I went through phases of trying to convince myself that it was some sort of obsession , a perverse desire for the one woman I believed I could never have — or not in the way I wanted you , loving me as well as wanting me . ’ |
| 25 | Such was the emotion caused by the attack that it was some time before any of the defenders recalled that the Collector had not been feeling well and wondered what had become of him . |
| 26 | Car and bodies had been so badly charred that it was some time before they could be identified . |
| 27 | His documentary ( pretentiously entitled Vaughanssaga ) is blighted by his belief that he is some kind of Broadcasting Artist . |
| 28 | He jumped , for he could tell that he was some way away . |
| 29 | Did he seriously expect her to believe , Lisa wondered , that he was some kind of defender of family life ? |
| 30 | She told my friend here that he was some sort of cousin . |