Example sentences of "[vb infin] been some [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There may just have been some hope of effecting change through organization , especially when the numbers of women were still low ( about 300 at the end of the 18805 ) , though the means chosen were not welcomed by the rank and file of the men 's union . |
| 2 | From medieval times there must have been some kind of dwelling on the slight rise in the ground upon which the house stood . |
| 3 | There must have been some kind of remorse . |
| 4 | In between the Oaks and the Elms darted the Silver Birches , slender and frivolous-looking , with wild , shining white hair that streamed out behind them and mischievous features and trailing garments that might have been some kind of cloth , but might as easily have been simply their pale leaves . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ There would have been some degree of overlap . |
| 8 | That might have been some deterrent of some description . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ The next step should have been some form of close supervision . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ! |
| 12 | It might have been some sort of optician 's test thing , for all I could say , or a kids ’ puzzle . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . |
| 16 | Must have been some sort of misunderstanding , ’ said Rose . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ Old Darlington was quite some place to live in and I reckon daily life must have been some sort of gamble , ’ said Joan . |
| 19 | Oh there must have been some sort of arrangement , I do n't know . |
| 20 | I think it must have been some sort of |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | There must have been some point of contact . |
| 23 | There would have been some loss of blood . ’ |