Example sentences of "was [verb] to [be] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the body of one specimen was first brought from Australia to Britain in 1798 , it was considered to be some kind of taxidermist 's hoax — a mixture of bird and mammal — which , to some extent , it is . |
| 2 | And I 'm sure a lot of times he had no idea what was going to come out , but he knew there was going to be some sort of feedback or something , so he 'd just play with it when it came . ’ |
| 3 | It was fairly clear that there was going to be some smuggling as well but , even allowing for the often-repeated story that other ships lay over the horizon and sent boats in to add to the stock on board the single ship , the net profits from the ship could hardly have been much more than twice those of the slave-trading . |
| 4 | The evasive answers told her progress had been minimal , it was going to be some time before Emelda faced a press launch . |
| 5 | It was going to be some sort of a night for Mr Churchill and his friends , he mused . |
| 6 | I told you that there was going to be some available but |
| 7 | COUNTY councillor David Clark warned of significant changes to bus services affecting Liss residents at the parish council annual general meeting last week , saying that there was bound to be some confusion for a time . |
| 8 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
| 9 | This was my big chance — on the other end was bound to be some beefcake . |
| 10 | There was bound to be some tension when he teamed with Marlon Brando for Guys and Dolls in 1955 . |
| 11 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 12 | There was bound to be some tension between the governmental bureaucracy and that of the CPSU . |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose you would have liked to drive down together , but of course he had to deposit Emma at her cousin 's house first , so there was bound to be some delay . ’ |
| 14 | It was meant to be some kind of joke . |
| 15 | The labour supply would have been reduced by about 5 per cent and the reduction in potential output was estimated to be some 3–4 per cent of the gross national product . |