Example sentences of "it be [adv] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not some bloody film where the heroine straps on a gun and blows away the bad guys . |
| 2 | It 's not some brash statement of their own personalities , but a low murmur from many people over many years . |
| 3 | It 's just some mauve stuff ! |
| 4 | And it 's only some daft kids , for f— 's sake ! ’ |
| 5 | It 's perfect for our purposes because it 's only some thirty miles from the Château de Belle Ile where the Führer 's conference takes place . ’ |
| 6 | It 's still some more coming out ai n't there Dave ? |
| 7 | By BEN FENTON WHATEVER is pushing women voters towards the Liberal Democrats , it is not some mysterious ‘ Ashdown Factor ’ , if the party 's female supporters in Richmond-upon-Thames are to be believed . |
| 8 | It takes a moment to realise that it is not some pagan idol , but a head of Christ on the cross , that the spikes represent the crown of thorns and that in the wreckage of the ancient trunk a face has been carved . |
| 9 | ‘ And if it is not some political advantage he is after , what else is there ? |
| 10 | It is n't some shallow need that goes away after an hour in bed with you . |
| 11 | it is actually some other thing |
| 12 | Or it was just some seventeenth-century Dutch hippie paid to sit still for a few weeks in a dark robe in a cold studio . |
| 13 | Lucy reckoned that it was just some middle-aged woman 's thing , and left it at that . |
| 14 | I thought that it was probably some stupid village prank , but that I 'd better get in as soon as possible in case something odd was happening . |
| 15 | Now , by this point Nick was n't sure if it was all some ghastly joke or not , and then he realized what had happened . |
| 16 | It was all some impulsive reaction to her father . |
| 17 | We tried to tell ourselves that it was all some terrible mistake , and that we would soon be returning home . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm sure it was all some dreadful mistake , ’ I said , wanting to smack the pursed lips off her silly face . |
| 19 | ‘ It was only some stupid piece of metal , ’ he moaned when he remembered where he was . |
| 20 | When the train stopped he dragged his heavy suitcase onto the platform ; if you could call it a platform because it was only some wooden planks resting on a pile of milkcrates . |