Example sentences of "[subord] it be some [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the 18th Braid hit his 2nd shot into the road and he ‘ might have damaged the steam roller ’ so it is some comfort for us to know that the course 's own architect was penalised by his own design . |
| 2 | Even if it 's some idea like building a restaurant like a ship . |
| 3 | If it 's some notion of individuation which has nothing to do with the body , nothing to do with the soul and nothing to do , ultimately , with the intellect either . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He raised the bucket too , and shook it rhythmically , as if it was some kind of primitive musical instrument . |
| 6 | Anyway , if it was some place like where those sisters are . ’ |
| 7 | He was studying it reverently , as if it were some breviary of tobacco . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | People often treat science as if it were some sort of ‘ forbidden country ’ . |
| 12 | perhaps because it was some kind of miracle elixir . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Or if it 's not being entertaining , coming away absolutely hating or loving it — as long as it 's some sort of reaction . |
| 15 | They had some very funny ideas about the construction as it was some 300ft below the surface and some of the local people feared the whole land area would collapse . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | You 're lucky in a way that he 's there , and lucky , too , that he 's got his music and that it 's bringing him a name , for it 's some sort of compensation in the meantime , helping his waiting . ’ |