Example sentences of "been [prep] some [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd a lump on my head the size of a goose egg ; I 'd been through some kind of hell in the spaces ; I 'd prayed for … it was not what I 'd prayed for at all . |
| 2 | Although this may sound harsh and unreasonable , experience has made it hard for me to trust women who have never been through some form of separatist reaction . |
| 3 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 4 | It must have been with some degree of cautiousness and a heightened sense of responsibility that Gould once more stocked up on shot , caps , and powder on his way back through Launceston for the journey home . |
| 5 | If I could have departed then , never reentered the house , it would have been with some strength of mind . |
| 6 | If he had been in some sort of trance , ( lasting who knew how long ? ) that might account for the sudden appearance of Jos . |
| 7 | They seem to have been in some sort of vassal relationship with the Dzhungars until they broke away in the 1650s and 1660s . |
| 8 | Most of our advertisers have already been in some form of advertising before . |
| 9 | Besides , everyone who matters has already been to some sort of bash at the Natural History Museum ; this is new . |
| 10 | It is not known exactly how this operated , but it is presumed to have been on some kind of contract basis . |
| 11 | None had experienced higher education , but 19 had been on some form of post-16 provision . |