Example sentences of "[vb infin] be some [noun] " in BNC.

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31 In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue .
32 She attended the funeral so I guess there must have been some contact there .
33 ‘ And yet there must have been some man who wished to .
34 At a news conference on Aug. 11 the mayor of Shenzhen admitted that there might have been some mishandling of the issue of forms , and promised to seek out corrupt officials .
35 On the first of these there must inevitably have been some continuation of the raising of teacher-awareness initiated by the involvement of teachers in the library committee and in making submissions to it for inclusion in the proposal .
36 ‘ There would have been some degree of overlap .
37 One reason the 1989 regulations were passed was to satisfy the United States as to the protection offered in the United Kingdom , otherwise there might have been some doubt as to whether topographies derived from the United Kingdom would have been afforded protection in the United States .
38 Now if you 'd have drawn it there 'd have been some doubt .
39 There would probably have been some cutting in Act 5 .
40 There must have been some error in the Conservative Central Office word processor as it churned out yet another brief for the hon. Gentleman to repeat .
41 However , in some of the cases that he mentioned it appears that there must have been some error , or they would have been dealt with more promptly .
42 That might have been some deterrent of some description .
43 At least there would have been some measure of impersonality about a restaurant , whereas here , trapped in the confines of her small office with Luke so close , there was a definite air of intimacy .
44 There may be a s there may have been some guests turn up
45 Yeah , cos it was you with erm well it must have been some years ago .
46 You do realize though that there must have been some people who were saddened by the fact you did n't continue your pop career ?
47 ‘ The next step should have been some form of close supervision . ’
48 The thing was , there must have been some sort of short circuit in the amp , because every time I played the damn 'd thing , I got a shock !
49 It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle .
50 It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ?
51 With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning .
52 ‘ You sure you do n't mind me talking about your sister ? ’ he said slowly , with what might have been some sort of smile on his face .
53 Must have been some sort of misunderstanding , ’ said Rose .
54 Only one penny of this issue has survived from the York mint , and none from Lincoln , suggesting that very few of the dies used to strike it ever reached the north ; the reason could have been some sort of political crisis .
55 ‘ Old Darlington was quite some place to live in and I reckon daily life must have been some sort of gamble , ’ said Joan .
56 Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I do n't know .
57 I think it must have been some sort of
58 However , as far as Judaism is concerned , there must have been some indication of inherent righteousness within it which made it desirable to people who were not born Jews , and the arrival of a form which seemed to satisfy that inexorable need for a ‘ god ’ , and which was available to all , gave Christianity its initial impetus .
59 When contemplating the history of the palazzo you have to wonder whether there might not have been some truth in an ancient prophecy made at the time when Alessi began work on the building .
60 I was hoping it might have been some tobacco .
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