Example sentences of "to be [prep] some [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | You appear to be in some sort of surreal shopping mall , with the world 's TV laid out for purchase : you almost feel like you should have a shopping trolley , to wheel up and down the aisles . |
| 2 | His brain , never an overactive organ even on those rare moments when it was n't pickled in alcohol , grappled with the fact that he appeared to be in some sort of tent before triumphantly reaching the conclusion that he was at a party . |
| 3 | ‘ We appear to be in some sort of glass box , ’ said the Thing . |
| 4 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 5 | Obviously it 's got to be in some sort of order ; composition comes into it just as much as taking a photograph . ’ |
| 6 | My leg muscles seemed to be in some daze of quivering tension . |
| 7 | To be known as somebody else 's something , whether it 's husband of the prime minister or nephew of the chairman of the board , is to be like some kind of vestigial appendage . |