Example sentences of "it [was/were] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was studying it reverently , as if it were some breviary of tobacco . |
| 2 | But again the accent was on seniority : ‘ Commonly wee do not call any a yeoman till he be married , and have children , and as it were some authoritie among his neighbours ’ . |
| 3 | Condensation is an epidemic on this estate and usually the tenants are blamed , as though it were some kind of social disease , not a structural defect . |
| 4 | They built a house , the Villa Eugénie , which eventually grew into the present Hôtel du Palais , a vast building close to the lush sands of the Grande Plage ( formerly known as the Plage tea Fous , because only the reckless , if not the insane , were thought likely to risk swimming there ) , very monumental and with a tricolour flying above it , as if it were some government department rather than merely a hotel . |
| 5 | No it were some spy . |
| 6 | The establishment was ringed with barbed wire , and guarded by men of the R.A.F. Regiment whose N.C.O.s kept discipline by threatening their men that misdemeanours would result in their being sent ‘ inside the Park ’ , as if it were some sort of madhouse . |
| 7 | Usually , one then treats one set of relations as problematic and.simply assumes the existence of the other , as if it were some sort of indeterminate background noise or , more contentiously , assigns truth to one and falsity to the other . |
| 8 | People often treat science as if it were some sort of ‘ forbidden country ’ . |
| 9 | It was disguised as if it were some form of regional assistance , whereas it was bailing out uneconomic , old industries which ought to have been modernised . |
| 10 | I done a one the other day that was twenty five pence it was some charity thing . |
| 11 | It was some music he 'd never heard before , but he turned it up loud anyway and took a deep breath and settled back into his seat . |
| 12 | It was some strike too . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it was some weirdo and when I asked who was calling the voice yelled : ‘ It 's me ! ’ |
| 14 | Now you 're preaching the sacrament of the foaming fibreglass , and digging your rail into the face like it was some kind of religion . |
| 15 | It was some kind of war work . |
| 16 | It was some kind of air duct , the hot , dry wind pushing into their faces as they moved away from the murderous thundering noise . |
| 17 | It was some kind of ancient burial site . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Tabitha thought it was some kind of antenna ; then she realized it was an empty perch . |
| 20 | And there was this view in Britain that maybe it was some kind of Russian er you know that it was a Russian manoeuvre . |
| 21 | The Vadinamians like to stage Recovery as if it was some kind of major ceremonial — with the required assembling of all the off-worlders , the exact timing and so on . |
| 22 | perhaps because it was some kind of miracle elixir . |
| 23 | At first he thought it was some kind of a St Christopher medal , but it seemed too thick . |
| 24 | It was some kind of a medical thing ; he 'd seen the bracelets before , and this was just another variation . |
| 25 | It was some kind of an observation post or mast . |
| 26 | And if I mind right I think it was some kind of relational that used to e in the bank , that was a teacher there . |
| 27 | It was some kind of title deed to a house in France . |
| 28 | The doctor examined him cursorily and told Carolyn that it was some kind of viral infection . |
| 29 | He raised the bucket too , and shook it rhythmically , as if it was some kind of primitive musical instrument . |
| 30 | It was some kind of hallucinogen , was n't it ? |