Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] be [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and clearly you know they are of some use . |
| 2 | Eric , who was going through a religious phase at the time which I suppose I was to some extent copying , thought this was a terrible thing to say ; God was n't like that . |
| 3 | Scrawls I might enjoy , on their own , but unfortunately they are not just mere scuttles — oh , no , it seems I 'm in some kind of a scuttle-free universe — these scuttles spell something . |
| 4 | In the gloom I felt I was in some kind of an enclosure and told the rear gunner to get out and find out where we were . |
| 5 | Even though we do n't have major problems with drug or solvent abuse in Northern Ireland , sudden changes in behaviour could mean they are in some kind of trouble . |
| 6 | Simon , a manager who , at 39 , is the oldest person questioned , says : ‘ The idea that people will think it is in some way impressive to be seen drinking low-alcohol muck is obvious nonsense . ’ |
| 7 | He thinks he 's on some sort of blacklist because he was in the International Brigade . ’ |
| 8 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |
| 9 | But I must say I am at some loss as to why you should be so concerned with these most trivial of errors . ’ |
| 10 | I think from my reflection , they did say they were at some stage in the future , they 've not ruled it out . |
| 11 | The navigator claims it was like some sort of gateway through time but his captain died and he 's obviously space-happy . |