Example sentences of "be [verb] [det] kind " in BNC.

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1 They can do erm damage to a section of the network erm that does not bring about major destruction and with this accurate bombing that we 've been seeing this kind of operation is possible .
2 We have still not been given any kind of direct word , we 've not been back in direct communication with them .
3 ‘ Getting away with it ’ , of course , means something only if the bats are adopting some kind of Tit for Tat strategy .
4 Oh and if you 're paying that kind of money you could afford a mortgage could n't you ?
5 So you s you s you 're saying so you 're saying some kind of actual
6 Yes , the kind of gruesome details that people want to know when they 're reading these kind of stories , okay .
7 Now , Freud was n't saying that every time you dream about an umbrella you 're , you 're dreaming some kind of sexual wish , erm , but what he 's saying is that umbrellas and other things that can erm become erect or open out often do represent but you could conceivably have an umbrella dream in which the umbrella , through your private associations , stood for something completely different , it 's quite , it 's quite possible .
8 It would be just like Sipotai to attempt overwhelming force , and he had been expecting some kind of reaction ever since he had issued the order for Vortai 's herds to be culled .
9 been having some kind of direction there , has n't he , I mean at
10 Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’
11 There are no doubt directors who claim — whatever the reality — that they are doing this kind of thing already , albeit with less lavish resources .
12 She who had been refused any kind of hearing , now she would be heard .
13 It could be that the outer estates are approaching some kind of basic ‘ subsistence , level , where disposable income has reached such a low level that future increases in unemployment will begin to have a smaller effect in reducing local incomes per head , simply because so many people are already dependent on state benefits .
14 Because I I do know of of various different groups who are working in this field as volunteers , there 's no money behind them there , and I mean i i it should be a priority , it should be given that kind of priority where
15 All the opportunities to do so are there this September — in fact , around the time of the New Moon on the 19th you will be celebrating some kind of moral as well as financial victory .
16 Erm she must be getting some kind of
17 You may be expecting some kind of platform game with bouncing mushrooms but instead you need a fair bit of brain power too !
18 Could n't Mr Hall just be having some kind of bad day ?
19 He seemed to be having some kind of fit .
20 I think we should n't be having this kind of debate about public services .
21 You ca n't possibly have got it into your head that I 'm having some kind of affair with Lexy , of all people .
22 We always had busloads of Glen Miller fans turning up , because the name ‘ The Dance Kings ’ kinda denoted that we would be playing that kind of music .
23 The driver seemed to be playing some kind of survival game with the girls of the Navimore School : he slowed down out of courtesy to the bus stop sign , but took it no further than that .
24 Let me now take the propositions in order , examine them individually , and then indicate how , in my opinion , the employers came to be talking this kind of tripe .
25 The Harvard linguists seem not to be making this kind of claim , however .
26 He thought that the L could stand for Larksoken and that the Whistler might be making some kind of statement about nuclear power , a protest perhaps . ’
27 It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution .
28 Lee Doherty summed it up afterwards when he said : ‘ We 'll settle for the 3–1 win , but you would n't want to be watching that kind of football every week .
29 A far distant bell in her exhausted mind seemed to be ringing some kind of warning .
30 I believe that the House should insist er that the not only should th should be a majority o of local of of of local authority members , but these so-called independent members are really quite superfluous to requirements they are p they are creating another kind of semi-quango , they are concentrating more power into the hands of the Home Secretary and for that reason , although I do not wholly agree with the amendments that have been put down , I shall certainly vote for them all .
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